If my girlfriend has post-traumatic stress, how can I help??
Question: My girlfriend and I were in a wreck earlier this month. She has been saying she keeps thinking about it, and hears the squeal of the tires over and over. She has trouble sleeping, and is irritable often. She also has other symptoms of post traumatic stress. Without going to a professional, is there anything that I as her boyfriend can do to help her?
She feels she can not go to professional help because she was in some earlier in her life, and her parents mostly abandoned her durring it. She does not trust professional help, nor her parents.
Is there anything I can do? (more information on request if I left something out.)
Answers: How Can You Help Someone With PTSD?
Offer general support. In traumatized people, support and security offered by loved ones is very important to recovery. Offer to help out with everyday tasks and show them you care.
Provide a listening ear for the survivor to talk about what happened. Having the opportunity to discuss, and make sense of, the experience is often crucial in helping people to deal with trauma. Equally, remember that not everyone will be ready to talk about the trauma at the same time.
Adopt a helpful and realistic attitude about what the person is capable of: expect neither too much nor too little.
Acknowledge and attempt to understand the individuals' reactions to what they have experienced. This may be as simple as recognizing that PTSD can cause the same person to react with extreme anger and numbed feelings at different times.
Support the individual to seek further assistance desired. Getting professional help with the symptoms of traumatic stress can sometimes be very important.
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I have anxiety attacks...and what I need during those times, is someone who is soft spoken, kind, and willing to turn all their attention on me at that time. And be helpful to whatever I need to get through it. Hope this helps!
I think counseling could help try to convince her it will be different this time and anti depressants.
I admire you for loving her like you do. It proves that I am not the only girl with a great guy. I advise you to take her to a general practice family physician. They will evaluate her and prescribe her some medications, Not long term , but short term most likely. It takes a while to overcome this from the trauma she has experienced. You need to go to the doctor office visit with her and continue to give her the support like you have. It has not been a long time since the accident occurred. So it is going to take time. I was in an accident with my two week old baby. I went through a fear of driving anywhere with him for several months after that. It finally took me deciding that I was not going to let fear ruin my life. My husband was wonderful to help me overcome my fears. So keep up the emotional support. And please let her see her family physician There are some good medications out there that she can temporarily until she overcomes this post traumatic disorder, I also suggest a diversion for her, when she starts to go through this, have her take deep breaths and close her eyes. or focus on an object that makes her feel rested and peaceful. She will overcome this. Best of Luck.
My husband and I were in a wreck in December, the wreck wasn't our fault. I was permanently injured and I also now suffer from Post traumatic stress disorder. your girlfriend needs to get proffessional help. Let her know that you will support and stay with her throughout the ordeal. Make a deal with her tell her to go to one session and you will do something for her iin return. Let her know that she does not have to accept immediately (you don't want to push her emotions). Once she goes to a good counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist, she will begin to feel better. Be sure to find someone who specializes in PTSD.
Check out (http://www.reducingstress.net/ )there is a lot of great content and information on the subject there.
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She feels she can not go to professional help because she was in some earlier in her life, and her parents mostly abandoned her durring it. She does not trust professional help, nor her parents.
Is there anything I can do? (more information on request if I left something out.)
Answers: How Can You Help Someone With PTSD?
Offer general support. In traumatized people, support and security offered by loved ones is very important to recovery. Offer to help out with everyday tasks and show them you care.
Provide a listening ear for the survivor to talk about what happened. Having the opportunity to discuss, and make sense of, the experience is often crucial in helping people to deal with trauma. Equally, remember that not everyone will be ready to talk about the trauma at the same time.
Adopt a helpful and realistic attitude about what the person is capable of: expect neither too much nor too little.
Acknowledge and attempt to understand the individuals' reactions to what they have experienced. This may be as simple as recognizing that PTSD can cause the same person to react with extreme anger and numbed feelings at different times.
Support the individual to seek further assistance desired. Getting professional help with the symptoms of traumatic stress can sometimes be very important.
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I have anxiety attacks...and what I need during those times, is someone who is soft spoken, kind, and willing to turn all their attention on me at that time. And be helpful to whatever I need to get through it. Hope this helps!
I think counseling could help try to convince her it will be different this time and anti depressants.
I admire you for loving her like you do. It proves that I am not the only girl with a great guy. I advise you to take her to a general practice family physician. They will evaluate her and prescribe her some medications, Not long term , but short term most likely. It takes a while to overcome this from the trauma she has experienced. You need to go to the doctor office visit with her and continue to give her the support like you have. It has not been a long time since the accident occurred. So it is going to take time. I was in an accident with my two week old baby. I went through a fear of driving anywhere with him for several months after that. It finally took me deciding that I was not going to let fear ruin my life. My husband was wonderful to help me overcome my fears. So keep up the emotional support. And please let her see her family physician There are some good medications out there that she can temporarily until she overcomes this post traumatic disorder, I also suggest a diversion for her, when she starts to go through this, have her take deep breaths and close her eyes. or focus on an object that makes her feel rested and peaceful. She will overcome this. Best of Luck.
My husband and I were in a wreck in December, the wreck wasn't our fault. I was permanently injured and I also now suffer from Post traumatic stress disorder. your girlfriend needs to get proffessional help. Let her know that you will support and stay with her throughout the ordeal. Make a deal with her tell her to go to one session and you will do something for her iin return. Let her know that she does not have to accept immediately (you don't want to push her emotions). Once she goes to a good counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist, she will begin to feel better. Be sure to find someone who specializes in PTSD.
Check out (http://www.reducingstress.net/ )there is a lot of great content and information on the subject there.
Also the stresseraser is a great product, you can find it at (http://www.buystresseraser.com/... )
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