Trauma (PTSS)

Trauma – PTSS Therapy at Expat Psychologist

How to recognize a Trauma?

If you have experienced or witnessed something drastic, the experience may cause problems in your daily functioning. Such traumatizing events can be isolated incidents, such as a car accident, robbery or rape, but also successive experiences, such as sexual abuse, physical violence or mental abuse. What these experiences do have in common is that you have been very scared and felt powerless and helpless. Even an event that took place long time ago, like in your childhood, can make you suffer now.

Some symptoms of a PTSS

• you experience the traumatic event (s) over and over again
• you have recurring memories and thoughts on the event (s)
• you sleep poorly and have nightmares
• you have exaggerated startle response or panic attacks
• you suffer from anxiety, guilt, powerlessness
• you try to avoid situations that remind you of the event (s)
• you deny it has happened and endeavor to flee, for example by hard work
• you have difficulty concentrating
• you have outbursts of aggression or extremely inhibited anger
• you have feelings of alienation
• you suffer from mood swings
• you have unexplained physical symptoms
• you have a low self-esteem
• you damage your body (self-mutilation)
• you live more or less on autopilot

The symptoms of PTSS or posttraumatic stress disorder alternate. One moment you relive the traumatic event, then avoidance and feelings of emotional numbness dominate.

Trauma treatment at Expat Psychologist 

A psychological trauma is often treatable. In order to achieve good results I use the treatments that suit your situation. The period of improvement varies and depends on the type of trauma and your symptoms.

More information about treatment of psychotrauma at practice Expat Psychologist can be found under treatment.

Treatment also by video calling!

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