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In conclusion, PTSD occurs when a tramatic event is experienced causing many emotional and mental problems while hurting thousands of people worldwide.

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PTSD is a condition that is a result of traumatic experiences and can severely affect how its victims, including the character of Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse-Five, see and deal with the world.

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27 Things You Should Know about PTSD

June 27 is PTSD Awareness Day

To mark PTSD Awareness Day, here is a list of "27 Things to Know" about post-traumatic stress disorder. The list is compiled from our experts at VA's National Center for PTSD. The Center conducts research and provides education on trauma and PTSD.

1. Just because someone experiences a traumatic event does not mean they have PTSD.

2. No matter how long it's been since your trauma, treatment can help.

3. To know whether you have PTSD, you should get an assessment from a clinician.

4. Sexual assault is more likely to result in symptoms of PTSD than are other types of trauma, including combat.

5. Social support is one of the greatest protective factors against developing PTSD after trauma.

6. Research suggests that social support is an even more important resilience factor for women than men.

7. Trouble sleeping is a core feature of PTSD, so it is important to address sleep problems in PTSD treatment.

8. Getting help for PTSD early can prevent problems from expanding to other parts of your life.

9. Evidence-based treatments for PTSD include psychotherapy (or "counseling") and medications.

10. Many people with PTSD also experience chronic pain or other physical health symptoms.

11. PTSD often co-occurs with depression or other mental health symptoms.

VA Can Help with the Answers to These Questions

1. Having PTSD does not mean you're "crazy."

2. PTSD does not cause someone to be violent.

3. If you have PTSD, you are not alone. With treatment, you can get better.

4. In the general population, women are twice as likely as men to experience PTSD at some point in their lifetime.

5. Recent research shows that men and women who served in Iraq (OIF) or Afghanistan (OEF) have similar rates of PTSD.

6. Many people recover completely from PTSD with treatment.

7. If someone in your family has PTSD, family therapy can help you learn to communicate and cope together.

8. People who have PTSD also have a higher risk for substance use disorders.

9. PTSD treatment has been shown to decrease suicidal ideation.

10. Treatment is important for the person experiencing PTSD, but it also helps the family and improves relationships.

11. PTSD therapists help you understand your thoughts and feelings so you have more control over them.

12. Research suggests that variations in a number of genes may be risk factors for developing PTSD after trauma.

13. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and PTSD have some common symptoms, but they are different diagnoses.

14. Technology, like the PTSD Coach mobile app, can help you manage PTSD symptoms.

15. VA provides PTSD care at every VA medical center and at many of the larger community-based clinics.

16. Getting help for PTSD is problem solving, not a sign of weakness. Take the step.

We hope you find these words from our experts helpful. To learn more, visit: www.ptsd.va.gov.

Veterans with PTSD Have Advice for You

Know that you are not alone. Learn about PTSD from Veterans who live with it every day in AboutFace, an online video gallery of Veterans.

About Face is the drill command to start going in another direction.

Let these brave Veterans give you advice about getting the help you need:

Robert Murphy: "Don't wait 20, 30 years."

Timm Lovitt: "Even if you don't think you need the help, try it."

Josh Hansen: "Definitely get the help before it's too late."

Hear their stories. Find out how PTSD treatment turned their lives around.

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To mark PTSD Awareness Day, here is a list of "27 Things to Know" about post-traumatic stress disorder. The list is compiled from our experts at VA's National Center for PTSD. The Center conducts research and provides education on trauma and PTSD. Just because someone experiences a traumatic event does not mean they have PTSD.

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Find and discuss some real situations of war veterans experiencing PTSD. (Maddy)

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Find and discuss some real situations of war veterans experiencing PTSD. (Maddy)

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The most common manifestation of PTSD symptoms for war veterans is a sudden mood swing into anger or fear, which can be provoked through even a small reminder of a traumatic memory. Another is a partial reliving of the event through one of the senses, similar to deja vu. This can include smell, emotions that were felt during the original event, physical feelings, and even the sensation of temperature changing for the person experiencing PTSD. The least common form of PTSD affecting daily life is a full-blown flashback, where a person completely relives the traumatic event. However, most of those who suffer from PTSD do not ever experience an immersive flashback. This form of PTSD has been made to seem more common by books and movies, which tend to exaggerate the occurrence of such symptoms. Billy's hallucinations or sense of a reality differing from this one could be meant to be the result of PTSD. A real-life example is many of the soldiers who came home after the World Wars faced "shell shock"–later known as PTSD–and had immense difficulty readjusting to civilian life after the horrors of the war.

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How can PTSD change how victims see and deal with the world around them? (Quinn)

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How can PTSD change how victims see and deal with the world around them? (Quinn)

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- According to the Harvard Gazette, many people who struggle with PTSD have fluctuating emotions when a certain memory sparks things in the past, especially war veterans.
-One study found that the average person with PTSD misses about 3.6 days a month of work due from anger, alarm, or distress. They also have lots of events throughout their daily lives like noises and experiences that remind them of the war, so someone with PTSD could change emotion on a dime.
-Finally, another study showed that the most common cause of PTSD is the unexpected death of a loved one which shows that PTSD can happen to anyone who experiences major trauma.

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https://www.helpguide.org/articles/ptsd-trauma/post-traumatic-stress-disorder.htm

https://www.va.gov/health/newsfeatures/2013/june/27-things-you-should-know-about-ptsd.asp

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PTSD stands for: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a condition that occurs after things such as severe injury, dangerous events, or psychological shock. Symptoms can include recounts of the traumatic experience and disturbance of sleep. These will usually occur constantly.

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Describe the various ways PTSD is relevant to the story we’re reading? (Matt)

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Describe the various ways PTSD is relevant to the story we’re reading? (Matt)

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- Wikipedia says that PTSD can be caused by many different things one of them being war. PTSD can cause symptoms that lead to disturbing thoughts, feelings or dreams. The site also says that these effects can last long after the traumatic event. These facts are relevant to the book because they show that it is possible that Billy Pilgrim does have PTSD. We know from reading the book that the war was extremely traumatic and this has most likely caused him PTSD. Which leading him to be able to travel to time to time and have memory loss of events he's been through and even imagine aliens.