PTSD

Noun

Meaning

an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

posttraumatic stress disorder post traumatic stress disorder combat stress reaction shell shock battle fatigue combat fatigue acute stress disorder post-traumatic disorder post-traumatic neurosis delayed-stress disorder chronic ptsd deployment trauma military trauma operational stress post-traumatic stress syndrome
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Hypernyms

anxiety disorder

Hyponyms

shell shock battle fatigue combat fatigue combat neurosis

Phrases with the word

chronic ptsd complex ptsd

Anagrams

DPST StPD

Examples

I am also deeply concerned with the widespread, often undiagnosed, incidents of PTSD and the alarming suicide rates amongst our returning soldiers. Barbara Lee

PTSD has a terminal side to it that calls for more urgency. Roméo Dallaire

You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over. Dale Archer

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home. David O. Russell

In talking with people that have experienced it, I learned that PTSD is something that a person in a position of authority sometimes thinks they're not supposed to have. They don't always have an avenue to personally address it or even discuss it. Stana Katic

At Lackland Air Force Base, they make an effort to retrain military dogs that suffer from PTSD. It's a lengthy, long process. The treatment is much the same as it would be for people, but it's a difficult road back. Robert Crais

Close letter words and terms

PTS pts. PTSA PTSDer PTT PTU