PTSD and Trait EI

Contents:
What Is PTSD?
Symptoms of PTSD
Diagnosis
PTSD and Personality

What Is PTSD?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that may manifest in individuals who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, such as a natural disaster, serious accident, rape, terrorist act, or war/combat, or been subject to threats of death, sexual violence, or serious injury.

Symptoms of PTSD
Those with PTSD have unsettling contemplations and feelings that are intense and prolonged following the traumatic event. They may recall the occasion through flashbacks and bad dreams, they may feel pity, fear, or outrage, and they may feel segregated or distanced from other individuals. People with PTSD may dodge circumstances that recall the incident or refrain from associating with other people, they may also show extraordinary negative reactions to the simplest of annoyances, such as loud noises or accidental contact. Some of PTSD symptoms can be intrusion, avoidance, cognitive and mood alterations, and arousal and reactivity alterations.

It is vital to recognize that not all people who experience trauma develop PTSD, and not all people with PTSD require therapy. For some individuals, symptoms of PTSD diminish or ceases over time. Others improve due to the support of their family, friends, or religious leaders. However, numerous individuals with PTSD require proficient treatment to recoup from the mental trouble that’s powerful and weakening.

Diagnosis
A diagnosis of PTSD requires exposure to upsetting traumatic events. In any case, presentation may be roundabout, not firsthand. For example, post-traumatic stress disorder can occur in people who learn of the passings of a near family member or companion. It can also occur due to rehashed introduction to awful details of injury.

Personality Attributes: Lately, research has emphasized on the Personality attributes associated to a higher incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder. Several studies suggest that PTSD has a positive relationship with negative emotionality, neuroticism, and harm avoidance. Neurotic people have symptoms such as fear, sadness, anger, guilt, and suffer from traits such as anxiety, excessive worry, pessimism, and low self-esteem. Also, PTSD has a significantly negative relationship with conscientiousness, extraversion, and optimism.

PTSD and Personality
In addition, studies have shown that one of the variables that correlate to the vulnerability of people to PTSD is personality traits. Personality traits play a crucial role in the development, outcome, and structure of specific symptoms of PTSD. Personality traits are traditionally conceptualized dimensions of individual differences in tendencies to show consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions across developmental periods and contexts. For people with extreme vulnerability, a smaller amount of stress is required for mental disturbances to appear, while resilient individuals must experience more severe stress or trauma to develop PTSD, or any other psychiatric disorder.

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/156450