CAREGIVER STRESS: Post Traumatic Stress and The Caregiver’s Grief

Family Caregiving & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Family Caregiving & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD

 

The high stress factor in caregiving: Caregivers coping with high stress can over time develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Tears are a sign of Post Traumatic Stress, where the memories associated to traumatic events becomes an “anxiety wound” that is difficult to heal.

Caregivers must learn to recognize the stress and grief brought on from family caregiving, as the emotional wounding can turn into trauma that erodes health for many years down the road. 

Do you suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and  not even know it?  Stress can prevent you from seeing the truth behing health problems.

    

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