Tag Archives: medical PTSD

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  Navigating Triggers: 6 Tips To Prepare Yourself to See a New Doctor

  Posted on August 14, 2020 by admin in PTSD Blog, trauma.

  by Wanda Sanchez, PTSDPerspectives.org I circled the date on my calendar in red and gulped. I really didn’t want to do this but I’d canceled once already and knew I needed to make this appointment. Again. Ugh. I closed my eyes as my constant companion for the past 30 years of my life, nausea, barreled […]

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  3 Tips to Help with Cancer Related PTSD

  Posted on February 16, 2015 by admin in PTSD Blog.

  A cancer diagnosis can trigger fear. I know this personally because just two months ago, doctors found a lesion in my brain stem, and my initial diagnosis was a brain tumor that was believed to be cancer. Three out of four people process a cancer diagnosis without long-term effects that leave them feeling totally overwhelmed. […]

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  1 in 5 Spinal Cord Surgery Patients Develops PTSD

  Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.

  A new report in PsycCentral states that one in five patients who undergo spinal cord surgery will develop post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD has been linked to other medical procedures, such as cancer treatment and organ transplant surgery. But this is the first time a link has been made between PTSD and back surgery. Dr. Robert Hart, an […]

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