Acute And Post Traumatic Stress Essay

There are many different types events in modern society that can trigger acute and post-traumatic stress disorders. For me personally when I was young I really interested in amusement park rides, and it wasn't until the ride had started that i realized i was afraid of heights. I began panicking my heart rate increased, I begin to feel as though I was going to fall out of the ride, and I just got really shaky until the ride stopped. When I got off the ride my legs felt like jello for quite sometime, I would experience these same fears after that when I would drive over a bridge, walk over a bridge, or sometimes I would have dreams in which I was falling in mid air and would wake up panicking. I once worked with a young lady who had been sexually assaulted as a child and the presence or even the sound of sand paper she would begin to panic, because it brought flashbacks of her assaulter beard scratching on her face and chest. Another modern issue that comes to mind for me is bullying within the schools, children who may be the target of bullying may have a fear of going to

I think many children who experience bullying are not able to fully cope and repair their mental state from the bullying, because it is often overlooked and pushed to back of all the other issues. I think bullying play a major role on the suicide rate amongst children in our society. I also agree with you on the fact that if people get away from the social media accounts, that will be away to cope and relieve the stress from cyber bullying. I believe that doing a little soul searching and taking time out to themselves will help in some manor, I would just be hesitant on that, because they may isolate themselves due to there lack of friends, so they begin to have those suicidal thoughts. I enjoyed reading your reflection and think you did a good job reflecting on the topic and answering both of the questions