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Default If my girlfriend has post-traumatic stress, how can I help? - 12-26-2008, 11:21 PM

My girlfriend and I were in a wreck earlier this month. She has been saying she keeps thinking about it, and hears the squeal of the tires over and over. She has trouble sleeping, and is irritable often. She also has other symptoms of post traumatic stress. Without going to a professional, is there anything that I as her boyfriend can do to help her?She feels she can not go to professional help because she was in some earlier in her life, and her parents mostly abandoned her durring it. She does not trust professional help, nor her parents.Is there anything I can do? (more information on request if I left something out.)
   
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Default 12-29-2008, 02:31 AM

I think counseling could help try to convince her it will be different this time and anti depressants.
   
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How Can You Help Someone With PTSD?Offer general support. In traumatized people, support and security offered by loved ones is very important to recovery. Offer to help out with everyday tasks and show them you care.Provide a listening ear for the survivor to talk about what happened. Having the opportunity to discuss, and make sense of, the experience is often crucial in helping people to deal with trauma. Equally, remember that not everyone will be ready to talk about the trauma at the same time.Adopt a helpful and realistic attitude about what the person is capable of: expect neither too much nor too little.Acknowledge and attempt to understand the individuals'reactions to what they have experienced. This may be as simple as recognizing that PTSD can cause the same person to react with extreme anger and numbed feelings at different times.Support the individual to seek further assistance desired. Getting professional help with the symptoms of traumatic stress can sometimes be very important.-----I have anxiety attacks...and what I need during those times, is someone who is soft spoken, kind, and willing to turn all their attention on me at that time. And be helpful to whatever I need to get through it. Hope this helps!
   
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