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The stigma around PTSD illness, is strong. Stereotypes that depict people with PTSD as dangerous, unpredictable, incompetent, or to blame for their illness can promote stigma.

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People with PTSD may fear embarrassment or shame, too, and if they seek help, they may fear they’ll be hospitalized.

The types of stigmas:
Public Stigma The Public endorses stereotypes & discriminates against a person with a PTSD illness.

Self-Stigma A person with a PTSD illness internalizes the beliefs of others.

Label Avoidance the person with PTSD illness perceives social stigma, avoids being labeled by not seeking treatment.

Structural Stigma This includes social, institutional policies, practices that can affect healthcare coverage & legal matters, for example.

When people with PTSD face stigma from people in relationships, they may start to believe, they’re weak, damaged, or not good enough, & as a result, they believe others don’t want to be around them. This effect can lead people with PTSD to draw inward, keeping their pain to themselves.

There is this sense that people are starting to realize that you can do something about it and it’s something that happened to you — it’s not something that you could have prevented or were born with.

Within the last 10 years, attempts by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), military, and American Psychological Association to help reduce the stigma associated with PTSD, & to encourage people to seek help.

Although social media can be a place where stigma can breed, it can also be a powerful tool to end the stigma, as can be seen through the #stopthestigma and #SilencetheShame movements.

Psychotherapy involves meeting with a trained mental health professional who can help you:
• Identify and understand emotional and relationship problems
• Learn about the situations, thoughts, feelings and behaviors that may be contributing to your problems
• Learn more effective ways to manage stress and solve your problems
Psychotherapy is available in individual, couple, group, and family formats.

It’s normal for people who have experienced trauma to have some challenges adjusting afterwards—this is no cause for shame. Sometimes these challenges are severe, or last more than many may think.

Whether you need help can only be determined by you and a trained healthcare professional. However, you can have a Veteran who is trained in Psychotherapy to treat PTSD.

Remember, you don’t have to wait for an emergency to speak to someone.

Also, these problems are common after a trauma and can signal a need for more support:
• Depression—feeling sad, down, or blue most of the time
• Anxiety—nervousness, worry, tension, being very alert to potential danger most of the time
• Overly watchful, or startling easily in response to loud or unexpected noises
• Intrusive thoughts and memories of traumatic experiences that are very upsetting
• Increased use of alcohol, street drugs, or prescription medications, or using them to cope with problems
• Easily angered, aggressive/violent behavior
• Reckless or aggressive driving
• Sleep problems such as insomnia, nightmares
• Isolating oneself, withdrawing from friends and family
• Changes in appetite, or gaining/losing a lot of weight without trying
• Having trouble working or meeting daily responsibilities
• Having problems in relationships or trouble taking care of family
• Having thoughts about suicide, or of hurting or killing someone else
If you have any of these concerns, you might benefit from talking with a trauma specialist.

We be more then pleased to help you to connect with a trauma specialist who are Veteran’s they understand 1st hand what PTSD is like.