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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 1-800-273-8255.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 1-800-273-8255.
Anxiety
Symptoms may include:
- Panic, fear, and uneasiness
- Feelings of panic, doom, or danger
- Sleep problems
- Not being able to stay calm and still
- Cold, sweaty, numb, or tingling hands or feet
- Shortness of breath
- Heart palpitations
- Dry mouth
- Nausea
- Tense muscles
- Dizziness
- Thinking about a problem over and over again and unable to stop
- Inability to concentrate
- Intensely or obsessively avoiding feared objects or places
- Breathing faster and more quickly than normal (hyperventilation)
obsessive compulsive disorder
obsession symptoms may include:
- Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are intrusive and cause marked anxiety or distress, in contrast to worrying about a real-life issue;
- The person purposely tries to ignore these thoughts, impulses, or images, by thinking about other things.
- The person knows that the obsessions are a product of his or her mind, as opposed to being delusional.
compulsive symptoms may include:
- Repetitive actions (physical or mental) that the person feels compelled to perform in response to an obsession;
- The behaviors or mental actions are designed to prevent or reduce distress towards a particular setting
- These actions might not always be affiliated with the content of the obsessional theme;
- The symptoms of OCD are not caused by anything else, such as a concurrent psychiatric condition or a substance.
Depression
Symptoms may include:
- A consistent feeling of sadness and low mood
- A sense of hopelessness
- Persistent guilt or feelings of worthlessness
- Irritability
- Sleeping too little or too much
- Decreased or increased appetite
- Lack of pleasure in activities a person once enjoyed
- Moving or speaking slowly
PTSD
Symptoms may include:
- Having flashbacks, nightmares, or mentally re-experiencing the traumatic event.
- Feeling numb, avoiding things that remind you of the traumatic event, feeling disassociated.
- Having increased mental and emotional arousal, which may cause you to have difficulty sleeping or concentrating. You may feel jumpy, irritated, or angry.
trauma & complex PTSD
Symptoms may include:
Avoidance
- Avoiding places, people, or situations that remind someone of the traumatizing event(s)
- Avoiding thoughts, memories, and feelings of the traumatizing event(s)
Re-experiencing
- Nightmares of the traumatizing event(s)
- Distressing flashbacks of the traumatizing events(s)
- Frightening thoughts about the traumatizing event
Mood and Cognition
- Distorted or misplaced thoughts of guilt or blame
- Negative thoughts about the world or oneself, including a sense of hopelessness or worthlessness.
- Loss of interest in hobbies and activities
- Problems remembering specific events relating to or surrounding the period of trauma
Arousal and Reactivity
- Sleeping problems, including waking early, insomnia, and oversleeping
- Feeling stressed, on edge, or irritable
- Feeling jumpy or startling easily
- Experiencing outbursts of anger
Difficulty relating to others
- An ongoing search for a rescuer
- Distrust of others
- Isolating oneself from relationships, even close ones
- Avoiding close relationships altogether
Difficulty regulating emotions
- Outbursts of anger
- Persistent sadness and depression
- Suicidal thoughts
Cognitive difficulties
- Problems with memory (forgetting traumatic events or details surrounding them)
- Feeling disassociated or detached from emotions and their sense of self
- Reliving traumatic events persistently
Difficulty with self-perception
- Perceiving oneself as guilty and unworthy of help
- An overwhelming sense of shame
- Perceiving themselves as helpless
- Feeling different from others
Preoccupation with the perpetrator(s)
- Preoccupation with revenge
- Preoccupation with one's relationship to the perpetrator
- Attributing power to the perpetrator
Damage to one's belief system
- Lack of faith
- Inability to feel hopeful
- Overwhelming feelings of despair
Men's Issues
Symptoms may include:
- Pornography
- Anger
- Rebuilding strength, integrity, and purpose in the lives of men
- Rebuilding and strengthening relationships
life transitions
Symptoms may include:
- New marriage or divorce
- Family crisis
- Illness
- The birth of a child
- Financial problems
- Job loss
relationship therapy
Symptoms may include:
- Couple or Family Conflict
- Miscommunication and frustration
- Communication and intimacy issues
sex therapy
Symptoms may include:
- Intimacy and/or desire issues
- Performance Issues