PTSD Project

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Across
  1. 7. Who to contact if you are dealing with PTSD
  2. 9. Feeling as if the world is not real
  3. 10. Changes in physical and emotional reactions
  4. 13. Symptoms that happen at night
  5. 14. People with PTSD can have these type of thoughts
  6. 16. Having a job that increases your risk of being exposed to traumatic events, such as military personnel and first responders
Down
  1. 1. Returning service members may re-experience the trauma in several ways. They may have nightmares of the event, flashbacks in which they feel like you are going through the trauma again, or they may have reactions to specific triggers, such as smells, news reports, or hearing loud noises that cause them to relive the trauma.
  2. 2. Trying to avoid talking or thinking about the traumatic event
  3. 3. Symptoms
  4. 4. Severe emotional distress or physical reactions to something that reminds you of the traumatic event
  5. 5. A type of phyical ptsd
  6. 6. Self-management strategies, such as self-soothing and mindfulness, are helpful to ground a person and bring her back to reality after a flashback
  7. 8. People with PTSD may also experience physical symptoms
  8. 11. Uncontrollable thoughts about the event
  9. 12. Post-traumatic stress disorder
  10. 15. Can develop after a frightening or shocking event