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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 98349" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is when you have experienced a trauma, and certain experiences bring it back again, big as life. The most common ex. is Vietnam vets (and now Iraqi vets) who return from war, and if someone pops open a can or bag of chips, they think they're being shot at, break out in a sweat, etc. If you've been raised in a violent, alcoholic home, for ex., if you hear someone coming up the stairs with-iced tea, you'll freak, because you'll think it's your parent, with-a drink, ready to beat you.</p><p></p><p>Attachment disorder can happen when a kid is bounced around from home to home in foster care (although there are other ways to make it happen) and the child has gone through so much trauma they cannot emotionally attach to a new parent because they cannot trust anyone. Some of it is conscious and some unconscious. Typically you'll get kids who fight, steal, light fires, and otherwise make you want to boot them out... which is exactly what they expect. In short, it hurts too much to learn to love again. </p><p></p><p>Both conditions need lots of counseling. You also need to be alert to the triggers--sounds, smells, even simple words or expressions that to anyone else might be insignificant or meaningless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 98349, member: 3419"] Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is when you have experienced a trauma, and certain experiences bring it back again, big as life. The most common ex. is Vietnam vets (and now Iraqi vets) who return from war, and if someone pops open a can or bag of chips, they think they're being shot at, break out in a sweat, etc. If you've been raised in a violent, alcoholic home, for ex., if you hear someone coming up the stairs with-iced tea, you'll freak, because you'll think it's your parent, with-a drink, ready to beat you. Attachment disorder can happen when a kid is bounced around from home to home in foster care (although there are other ways to make it happen) and the child has gone through so much trauma they cannot emotionally attach to a new parent because they cannot trust anyone. Some of it is conscious and some unconscious. Typically you'll get kids who fight, steal, light fires, and otherwise make you want to boot them out... which is exactly what they expect. In short, it hurts too much to learn to love again. Both conditions need lots of counseling. You also need to be alert to the triggers--sounds, smells, even simple words or expressions that to anyone else might be insignificant or meaningless. [/QUOTE]
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