Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the term for a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme psychological trauma

• Do you experience unwanted or uncontrollable memories of a traumatic events that may include thoughts, sounds, smells, and images?

• Do you have disturbing dreams about the event?

• Do you periodically feel as though the traumatic event is still being experienced by reliving it in detail or having flashbacks?
• Do you feel intense anxiety when you are reminded of the traumatic event by something unrelated directly to it?

• Do you avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations with others who want to talk about the event?

• Do you avoid activities or persons that remind you of the traumatic event?
• Have you lost memories concerning significant parts of the event?
• Do you experience emotionally numb sensations, such as being unable to experience certain feelings, especially those associated with vulnerability such as love or intimacy with a significant other?
• Do you have sleep problems?
• Do you have difficulty managing anger, and feel more anger than a specific event should evoke?

• Do you have problems concentrating?

• Do you often feel jumpy or easily startled?