Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after someone has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event including early childhood trauma. The symptoms of PTSD can be debilitating and include flashbacks, nightmares, trouble sleeping, irritability, hypervigilance, and avoidance of people or places that remind the individual of the trauma.
What Causes PTSD?
PTSD is usually caused by going through (or occasionally, witnessing) a traumatic event that threatens serious injury or death. Medical science still can't completely explain why people develop PTSD, but research indicates it may be a complicated mix of:
Stressful trauma induced experiences, Family history of mental health disorders, Temperament, How your brain is regulating the hormones and chemicals in your body in response to stress.