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post-traumatic stress syndrome





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A symptom of post-traumatic stress syndrome, some experts regard nightmares as the mind’s effort to make meaning and help feelings become less intense.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2023

Her testimony resumed Thursday, when she told jurors that Rapp experienced delayed-onset post-traumatic stress syndrome that was triggered by reports that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein had been accused of sexual abuse by numerous women.

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2022

“People are frightened. I’ve heard people talk about post-traumatic stress syndrome just from driving down Slauson and La Brea,” Grayson said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2022

A 2019 study published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology found that when parents of children hospitalized with burn injuries practiced self-compassion, they had fewer symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome.

From Washington Post Aug. 9, 2022

You talk about Vietnam, and there was this whole history of post-traumatic stress syndrome, and I think that’s what we’re seeing now.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones




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