Symptoms
Symptoms of PTSD & Anxiety

- Self-regulation through sex, drugs, alcohol, exercise, prayer, meditation, food, TV, etc
- Avoiding memories
- Keeping busy
- Avoiding situations that remind you of the trauma
- Repressing memories (being unable to remember aspects of the event)
- Feeling detached, cut off and emotionally numb
- Being unable to express affection
- Feeling there’s no point in planning for the future
- Being easily upset or angry
- Disturbed sleep
- Irritability and aggressive behaviour
- Lack of concentration
- Extreme alertness
- Panic
- Anxiety
- Being easily startle
- Reliving aspects of the trauma
- Vivid flashbacks (feeling that the trauma is happening all over again)
- Intrusive thoughts and images
- Nightmares
- Intense distress at real or symbolic reminders of the trauma
Trauma-Based Syndromes

- Fibromyalgia
- Crohn’s Disease
- Lupus
- Irritable Bowel
- Epstein Barr
- Chronic Fatigue
- Colitis
- Tourette’s
- Chronic Pain
- Restless Leg
Do you recognize any of these qualities in yourself

- Self-sabotage
- Progress followed by pull-back
- Shyness
- Lack of confidence
- Regret
- Social anxiety
- Low self-esteem
- Feeling defeated
- A sense of futility
- Perfectionism
- Fear of incompetence
- Fear of being seen or not being heard
- Vicious cycles
- Habituated patterns
- Addictions
- Self-harm
- Eating disorders