Often times, individuals who have been diagnosed with PTSD suffer for long periods with many different symptoms. These may include re-experiencing symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares, or frightening thoughts; Avoidance symptoms including staying away from places, events, or objects that are reminders of the experience, emotional numbness, strong guilt, depression, or worry, losing interest in activities that were enjoyable in the past, and having difficulty remembering the traumatic event causing the PTSD; and Hyper arousal symptoms that include feeling on edge or tense, easily startled, easily angered, and having difficulty sleeping.
There are two main signs that are related to PTSD including depression and anxiety. Some individuals with PTSD become extremely upset or feel very anxious whenever they are confronted with a person, place, situation, or conversation that reminds them of the trauma. This can include becoming very upset when hearing tires squeal if they were in a car accident, or feeling anxious when watching violence on the television if they were assaulted. Those are just a few examples of triggers that could cause a person to become very anxious and possibly bring on a panic or anxiety attack.