Outline Introduction “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives you the test first, the lesson afterwards.” (Vernon law). This quote relates to the play Macbeth, because the witches appear to Macbeth and tell him his prophecy. The witches resemble the test in the quote because they gave him valuable information. Macbeth then wrote to his wife lady Macbeth and told her about the three strange witches. The test then presented itself when Lady Macbeth spoke to Macbeth about her plan to make the prophecy come true sooner. The lesson is the psychological disorders they end up attaining throughout the play as a series of events unravel itself. This paper will state why Lady Macbeth is believed to have PTSD and Macbeth is believed to have Schizophrenia, …show more content…
Some of the main signs are when they start having nightmares, flashbacks, and many may also have what they call triggers. A trigger is when they see, smell, and or hear something that reminds them of the traumatic event that happened (national center). There are many signs that can show or tell you when someone has ptsd. For example, the person will start to avoid doing certain things that could trigger them to have a flashback to the events that took place. You refrain from asking them to talk about the event that occured(national center). Some people often avoid being in relationships or even being affectionate because of the traumatic event that took place. Many people may forget parts of the traumatic event that happened, some even avoiding talking about it and allot of people with PTSD lose all trust in people in general (national center). PTSD will also affect your ability to sleep, to concentrate, and be very paranoid ( national center). There are many traumatic events that can cause PTSD. Even events such as serious car wrecks, witnessing a murder, or even being physically, mentally, and mentally abused. It is said that on average 1 out of every 3rd person who experiences a traumatic event will have or start to develop PTSD. People who have high anxiety levels and lack of support from family or friends are more susceptible to getting PTSD ( june 12 2016). Unlike the past there are various methods and resources to help those with PTSD. a few of those methods are but not limited to: cognitive therapy, prolonged exposure therapy, support groups along with therapy animals (feb 10 2017). There are many different types of medications they have made to help people with PTSD, some of these medications are but not limited to: Zoloft, Prozac, and Celexa and many more ( feb 10 2017). These medications are all anti-depressants that have been proven to be successful for many