Monday, May 9, 2011

Emotional and psychological T.R.A.U.M.A.

Oh..  agak berat juga lah topik entri kali nie. Demi memahami seseorang yang amat rapat dengan diri ini, plus if there are accidental readers in this blog who are seeking this topic, hopefully this will be a beneficial post (Manglish. Again. Sorry...).


  • upsetting emotions
  • frightening memories
  • feel helpless
  • sense of constant danger that you just can't kick
  • feel numb, disconnected
  • unable to trust another people.


Did you ever struggle some of the above experience? If you did, then you were most probably to have a psychological trauma. 

Define, what is psychological trauma?

Emotional and psychological trauma is the result of extraordinary stressful events that shatter your sense of security, making you feel helpless and vulnerable in a dangerous world. 



I'm not a specialist in this topic though.. You can read, know, learn, or understand further in trusted nonprofitable resource here.

My focus now is to emphasize the seriousness of traumatic experiences here. When the trauma you experienced is so overwhelming that you  find that you can't move on, or never feel normal again, then you may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD).


Symtoms...

Depression, hopeless, feeling alienated and alone, suicidal thoughts and feelings, 
physical aches and pains, 
lost of interest in activities and life in general, 
nightmares, 
avoiding places, activities, thoughts and feelings that remind you the trauma,
and limited sense of future (tak expect pun nak berkerja, kahwin, atau hidup macam orang normal, senang citer... tak fikir masa depan dah. :|   )

Treatment? Therapy.

For muslims..... dzikrullah (read: remembering Allah), hear what God wants to tell you (through reading and understand Quran), pray (because Allah always listens, while His creations maybe listen, maybe don't care though) are sufficiently good therapy approaches



InsyaAllah, the close person will recover the traumatic experience as time passes. 

Who is the 'close person'? May be a male or female, maybe me. 

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