The Role Of PTSD In The Military

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is a disorder for people that have endured traumatic experiences is the past which has cause them to develop a multitude of symptoms. Some of which include anger, depression, hard time sleeping, always feeling on guard, startled when someone surprises you, feelings of shame, despair, hopelessness, difficulty controlling emotions, and sometimes impulsive behavior which could lead to suicide.
Suicide is common in people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, due to the fact that PTSD can cause hallucinations and flashbacks to the traumatic experiences on a daily basis. In the worst cases effects of the traumatic experience can cause an individual to kill others, in which case they are also likely to kill themselves. An example, Army Spc. Ivan Lopez killed 3 people and injured 16 others before in the end taking his own life. …show more content…
These include combat exposure, firing a weapon, seeing another person being wounded or killed, severe trauma, and deployment-related reasons. Also lack of post-deployment support during the period of developing trauma also increased the risk of PTSD. The current findings provide evidence of risk factors for combat-related PTSD in military personnel and