Stressed Soldiers - How To Deal With The Stress Of Coming Home From War
Post traumatic stress disorder is often found in soldiers returning from war,and these are some of the symptoms you may be suffering:
1. Persistent frightening thoughts and flashbacks of your ordeal
2. Feeling emotionally numb or detached
3. Sleep problems
4. Easily startled
5. Problems with anger
6. Alcohol use
7. Anxiety or depression
If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms seek help immediately. Why prolong suffering. You have been through so much already.
Having faced and overcome many situations during war, you may be faced with more stressful expectations to live up to upon returning home.
It may be difficult for you to adjust back to your old role in the family.
Home may be a cause of more stress rather than a haven, where you can begin to recover your sanity and try to move on with your life.
If this is your experience of home, seek help and support with your partner as quickly as possible, so that they can become your ally in helping you adjust to family life.
You have been in situations where you had to shut down any feelings you had in order to cope and survive, and now all of a sudden, you are expected to unearth those feelings that have been buried for so long.
Time will be needed for you to feel safe again and be able to trust and allow your emotions to come to the fore.
People may expect you to be different, to snap out of things quickly and to join in family life. They may have a hard time even beginning to understand what you have been through.
With post traumatic stress disorder, you may not even know what you are feeling for quite a while, as your body may be in a state of anxiety and high stress still believing it is in combat.
As a short-term measure, it may help to consider taking medication just to help you relax and take the edge off your anxiety.
You may go through many emotions that you may not even be able to identify and other family members may feel stressed or distant from you because they cannot fathom what is going on.
What is needed is patience, time and understanding. Patience and compassion for yourself are vital, if you are experiencing any of the above symptoms; realise that you are coping in the best way you know how, to survive. Time will help you adapt to the new situation you find yourself in.
A positive breakthrough for you will be when you are able to set aside the thought that you still need to be "tough" ?tough?. This can act as a block to your recovery. Whilst your mind thinks you need to be tough in order to stay alive, it will not let you off the hook.
Your mind needs to know it is safe now and that being ?tough? all the time is no longer necessary in order to allow you to begin to relax the stress you are holding.
Sometimes with the best will in the world, we cannot do everything alone. Help for post traumatic stress disorder is available in the form of cognitive behaviour therapy, psychodynamic therapy and hypnosis, to put you on the road to recovery as quickly as possible.
1. Persistent frightening thoughts and flashbacks of your ordeal
2. Feeling emotionally numb or detached
3. Sleep problems
4. Easily startled
5. Problems with anger
6. Alcohol use
7. Anxiety or depression
If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms seek help immediately. Why prolong suffering. You have been through so much already.
Having faced and overcome many situations during war, you may be faced with more stressful expectations to live up to upon returning home.
It may be difficult for you to adjust back to your old role in the family.
Home may be a cause of more stress rather than a haven, where you can begin to recover your sanity and try to move on with your life.
If this is your experience of home, seek help and support with your partner as quickly as possible, so that they can become your ally in helping you adjust to family life.
You have been in situations where you had to shut down any feelings you had in order to cope and survive, and now all of a sudden, you are expected to unearth those feelings that have been buried for so long.
Time will be needed for you to feel safe again and be able to trust and allow your emotions to come to the fore.
People may expect you to be different, to snap out of things quickly and to join in family life. They may have a hard time even beginning to understand what you have been through.
With post traumatic stress disorder, you may not even know what you are feeling for quite a while, as your body may be in a state of anxiety and high stress still believing it is in combat.
As a short-term measure, it may help to consider taking medication just to help you relax and take the edge off your anxiety.
You may go through many emotions that you may not even be able to identify and other family members may feel stressed or distant from you because they cannot fathom what is going on.
What is needed is patience, time and understanding. Patience and compassion for yourself are vital, if you are experiencing any of the above symptoms; realise that you are coping in the best way you know how, to survive. Time will help you adapt to the new situation you find yourself in.
A positive breakthrough for you will be when you are able to set aside the thought that you still need to be "tough" ?tough?. This can act as a block to your recovery. Whilst your mind thinks you need to be tough in order to stay alive, it will not let you off the hook.
Your mind needs to know it is safe now and that being ?tough? all the time is no longer necessary in order to allow you to begin to relax the stress you are holding.
Sometimes with the best will in the world, we cannot do everything alone. Help for post traumatic stress disorder is available in the form of cognitive behaviour therapy, psychodynamic therapy and hypnosis, to put you on the road to recovery as quickly as possible.
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