Stress
Stress is more common if our life then we know there are two types of stress good
stress aka eustress and distress know bad stress. ("Eustress vs Distress", 2013).In bad
stress there are three different stages; episodic acute stress, acute stress, and chronic stress
(American Psychological Association, 2013).Some stress can be cause by thing that
happen in your life Some stress can be cause by thing that happen in your life like people
in the military because of all the overwhelming traumatic incident and the overwhelming
stress attached to it this is known as Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Post-
traumatic stress disorder does not only effect people in the military it can also effect
everyday people but is trigged by a traumatic incident like being a victims of abuse, rape,
assaults, and other events which a person perceives as traumatic
PTSD grows over time
and although it may start as acute stress, without proper treatment it will continue to grow
to episodic acute stress and eventually to chronic stress. Acute stress is a common form of
stress from demands and pressures of the recent past (American Psychological
Association, 2013). Combat is common in the military community and the pressures and
demands of combat could result in acute stress. Episodic acute stress is develops from
acute stress when acute stress is frequent (American Psychological Association, 2013). In
a combat zone episodic stress may develop resulting in short tempers, feelings of anxiety
and being tense. Symptoms if episodic acute stress can come from extended over arousal,
which is also common in combat environments. A military member in combat may have
the feeling of always being on guard and continual fear of death. Chronic stress is a stress
which wears people away day after day, year after year (American Psychological
Association, 2013). Military members leaving the combat zone may have difficulties
leaving their feelings and tendencies in the combat zone. Military members suffering
from PTSD often bring events suffered during combat home with them and flashbacks
may occur. The common reactions from combat stress are aches and pains, loss of sleep
and energy, feelings of anxiety, anger, helplessness, depression, and emotional symptoms
such as impatient or forgetful (American Heart Association, 2013).
PTSD develops from a horrific ordeal involving physical harm of threat of
physical harm ("Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)", 2013). It is obvious how
members can develop PTSD. One factor not commonly known is PTSD can be developed
by a person who witnessed someone being harmed ("Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)", 2013). PTSD is the reoccurrence of the event or ordeal in a person’s dreams or
through a flashback. Recent wars and the veterans involved have brought public attention
