Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can debilitate a person’s life. This disorder can hamper the connections veterans have with others, interfere with how they do their jobs in society, and disrupt their inner peace. Veterans, specifically, are exposed to higher rates of trauma than the general public, given their career and past experiences. Check out this link here for more on trauma rates in the military. This blog post will explore the topic of veteran PTSD treatment near Milwaukee, WI.
Veteran PTSD
Veterans may experience traumatic situations for a variety of reasons. This could come down to their military occupational specialty within the military, or it could be something that happened during their career in the military, for example, a car accident, sexual abuse, or witnessing a horrific event. It’s important to understand that traumatic experience rates within the military may be minimized or suppressed due to the overall culture of the military.
Living with PTSD
As mentioned above, PTSD can derail somebody’s quality of life. The flashes of intense emotion, emotional numbness, intrusive thoughts, and challenges around sleep can wreak havoc on someone’s life. However, it’s not just the symptoms of PTSD that impact life, it’s how someone tries to cope with them.
Every person is different and will cope with trauma symptoms differently. Some people may use avoidant or control strategies to help manage their trauma symptoms when they appear. These can include sleeping for long periods of time, alcohol or substance use, denial, or seeking higher adrenaline activities to help them feel alive. All of these actions can be attempts to help manage or alleviate symptoms that follow traumatic situations.
It’s Not Just PTSD
The military member doesn’t just live with PTSD. There are often different challenges that accompany a PTSD diagnosis. Sometimes traumatic situations also involve grief and loss if somebody they care deeply for, such as a member of their team, dies in combat. On the other hand, there’s also the loss of missing out on milestones of children who are stateside during deployments. Other times, a PTSD event can also lead to traumatic brain injuries or loss of limbs, which can then impact a veteran’s identity. All of these different factors come together to impact the veteran once they are back United States and are deeply interwoven with the PTSD diagnosis itself.
Therapy for PTSD Near You
There are many forms of psychotherapy that can help you heal from trauma. Two therapeutic modalities that I provide at Revitalize Mental Health include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as well as Somatic Experiencing (SE) therapy. Both of these therapies help to heal your body from the body upward, so that your body and nervous system can become regulated and feel safe to allow your thoughts and emotions to heal from past events. Both forms of trauma therapy are supported by evidence-based research, which supports your ability to heal.
Healing from PTSD symptoms
One of the hardest parts of finding a trauma therapist is taking the first step and reaching out for support. Sometimes we may not even know that therapy may help us, but those around us could see that we may need to talk to someone. Others may see us struggling and encourage us to reach out, or they may reach out for us on our behalf. It doesn’t matter how you come to start trauma therapy; what matters is the perseverance to see it through so you can heal and improve the quality of your life.
Somatic Therapist to Heal PTSD
Healing PTSD is possible. If you are ready to start trauma therapy for PTSD symptoms, you can reach out by following the link here or by calling 720. 295. 6703. I am currently accepting new clients at this time. I look forward to hearing from you.
