We all know that life can be unpredictable. For some, life is very smooth and awesome, while others struggle with their demons every single day. Talking about demons, one doesn’t have to look for demons in the other world, we have demons amongst ourselves, trying to put others down. You must be wondering how PTSD is related to demons? Well, there is a connection and many online therapists for PTSD are trying to eradicate these demons for their patients.
PTSD? WHAT IS IT?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a type of anxiety disorder, is mainly caused due to the experience of any life-threatening event where one felt totally helpless and handicapped. Not only people who experience the event personally, others who witness the event, or people who just hear the news through ears might also suffer from this disorder.
The event could be anything that doesn’t let them sleep for nights. It can be rape, accident, military event that has caused them to suffer for a prolonged time. The symptoms include severe anxiety, sleeplessness, nightmares, flashbacks, and getting startled over a small noise.
ALMOST ANYTHING CAN BE TREATED!
Now, you don’t have to struggle in silence; any disorder is a passing cloud and there will be sunshine at the end of the day. Treatment is available for even the most life-threatening disorder. You can consult with a psychologist in person who will treat you and also, there is mental health therapy online that you can cater to if you have difficulties traveling to the clinic. The five ways to treat PTSD are listed below;
- CBT – COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
Many online therapists for PTSD use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and it is strongly recommended for the treatment of PTSD. Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all interconnected and CBT involves altering any one of these so that the others are altered automatically to produce the desired outcome. For instance, compulsive thoughts when challenged and altered automatically alters the respective emotions and behaviors. In over 12-16 sessions, the online CBT sessions can help a person lead a normal life.
The best online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sessions are provided by only a handful of skilled psychologists. The sessions are once or twice a week and it would last for thirty to sixty minutes.
- EXPOSURE THERAPY
We often avoid things that aren’t comfortable for us. This therapy lets you simply face your fears in the face. In Exposure therapy, the therapist lets you revisit the traumatic event or face the fearful object and lets you come to terms with it in a very safe environment. Through this one cannot just run away from fear but face it no matter what.
- CPT – COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY
A specific form of CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy is an excellent tool for the treatment of PTSD. What is so special about it? Well, the treatment is specifically recommended for PTSD. It can be done over 12 sessions where the client learns how to challenge their strong set of beliefs.
- EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR)
EMDR is a new, popular form of psychotherapy that is used especially for treating PTSD. As the name indicates, this therapy involves a series of eye movements guided by the therapist combined with exposure therapy for the patient to get sensitized to the traumatic event. The session can last for more than an hour, up to ninety minutes.
- STRESS INOCULATION THERAPY
This therapy is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy where the patients are prepared on prior notice to handle traumatic stressful flashbacks. Like a vaccination that gives you resistance to a particular disease, here, the therapist prepares you in a way that you are resistant to the certain familiar stressors that negatively trigger your emotions and behavior.
PTSD ISN’T THE END
Every day is a race for many people. Moreover, it must be traumatizing for some people going through certain types of mental health issues. Only if you experience their struggle, you will know how strenuous their life is and how any minute their underlying illnesses can resurface without any prior notice. Mental health is slowly being recognized as something to be given importance to, which is a very good thing.
At the beginning of the article, we had discussed demons and how it is related to PTSD. Well, here, demons are simply the traumatizing event that one has gone through and is struggling to overcome.
There is a cure for many illnesses and PTSD can also be cured with effective treatment and medications if needed. Many online therapists for PTSD are doing their best to help their clients with their problems in this pandemic. Many might not know your struggles, but a few certainly can empathize with what you are struggling with. Help is everywhere and you just need to ask for it.
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