Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop in individuals who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. These events may include natural disasters, serious accidents, combat situations, terrorist acts, physical or sexual assault, or other forms of violence. Symptoms of PTSD can manifest shortly after the traumatic event or may take weeks, months, or even years to appear.
Symptoms of PTSD
Re-experiencing is the most typical symptom of PTSD. This is when a person involuntarily and vividly relives the traumatic event in the form of flashbacks, nightmares, repetitive and distressing images or sensations, physical sensations, such as pain, sweating, feeling sick or trembling.
Trying to avoid being reminded of the traumatic event is another key symptom of PTSD. This usually means avoiding certain people or places that remind you of the trauma or avoiding talking to anyone about your experience.
How can Solution Focused Hypnotherapy help with PTSD?
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can help with PTSD by reducing anxiety and building confidence and resilience, helping you regain control over these distressing symptoms and feel more positive in general about life. You’ll learn exactly what is happening in your mind and body and this understanding in itself can bring relief. We will look at techniques to help you get out of fight or flight and get you feeling more relaxed and in control. Listening to the relaxation track every night at bedtime will help with this process and every week we’ll be focusing on the positive things in your life to get you out of the vicious cycle of being on constant high alert, allowing you to focus on your preferred future and how you want things to be. We use guided relaxation at the end of every session to help consolidate these small steps and create new positive thinking patterns.