PTSD Treatments

How does someone overcome post traumatic stress disorder? Can someone ever truly forget or move past after the horrific event? The answer is yes and no. While some treatments may work for others, it will not guarantee to work on everyone.
The most common treatment for PTSD is psycho therapy. This is when the patient speaks to a professional about their experience. A patient can chose to go through this therapy alone or go with a group of people also diagnosed with PTSD. This can take up to six to twelve weeks or even longer depending on the person.
Another very helpful therapy is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT. There are different types of CBT which include exposure therapy, cognitive restructuring, and stress inoculation training. As one can guess, exposure therapy is when one is literally exposed to the event and faces it in a safe manner until they are comfortable and no longer feel afraid.
Cognitive restructuring is looking at the event in a realistic way. A lot of patients may feel guilt when they have no control over the situation, so therapists help them deal with this. Stress inoculation training is helping a person approach anxiety and how to reduce so it does not control them.
Therapy is not the only treatment for PTSD, there are two medications used to treat patients. These are Zoloft and Paxil. This does not cure PTSD, the two are both antidepressants and are used to reduce emotions of anger, sadness, and so on.