By MedPage Today
A person's emotional response to an unsettling or traumatic event may actually be heightened by sleep, according to the results of a polysomnography study.
There was a better memory of negative pictures in the group that was exposed to them just before sleep (F=20.87, P<0.001) and no significant interaction in the group x emotional response interaction (F=0.99, P=0.32),
Showing posts with label post-traumatic stress disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label post-traumatic stress disorder. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Thursday, December 22, 2011
OCD can make holidays a tough time
By St. Petersburg Times
Elizabeth Glass remembers staying up all night wrapping presents, trying to make the holidays picture-perfect to meet her own imagined expectations.
The next morning, her husband made a flip comment about one of the gifts. Certain she had failed, Glass threw the family Christmas tree out the patio door.
Glass, 49, suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with
Elizabeth Glass remembers staying up all night wrapping presents, trying to make the holidays picture-perfect to meet her own imagined expectations.
The next morning, her husband made a flip comment about one of the gifts. Certain she had failed, Glass threw the family Christmas tree out the patio door.
Glass, 49, suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Male Victims of Domestic Abuse May Show Signs of PTSD
By HealthDay
Men who are victims of domestic abuse by their female partners can develop psychological trauma, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and suicidal thoughts, new research finds.
Researchers looked at a group of 302 men who sought professional help after experiencing what the researchers called "intimate terrorism," which refers to high levels of violence and
Men who are victims of domestic abuse by their female partners can develop psychological trauma, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and suicidal thoughts, new research finds.
Researchers looked at a group of 302 men who sought professional help after experiencing what the researchers called "intimate terrorism," which refers to high levels of violence and
Saturday, March 26, 2011
It's getting harder just to feel alive
I wish I had some clue about what is happening to me lately. I feel like I'm slipping back into a black hole. I feel like I'm losing my sanity again. I just don't get it. I had started to come out of my depression. I had started to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Everything looked like it was getting better. Then everything came crashing down suddenly. It was seemingly out of the blue.
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