{"id":4164,"date":"2016-03-05T09:28:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2016-03-04T09:41:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T17:41:02","slug":"link-22-ways-support-someone-ptsd-people-mighty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/03\/05\/link-22-ways-support-someone-ptsd-people-mighty\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; 22 Ways to Support Someone With PTSD, From People Who Have It | The Mighty"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Unless you live with post-traumatic stress disorder, it can be hard to understand why an event from the past can still affect someone now. You may wonder why they just can\u2019t \u201cforget about it,\u201d or get confused when seemingly low-stress situations evoke a strong reaction.<\/p>\n<p>But for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, their brain actually changes. They don\u2019t need to be told to forget about their trauma \u2014 what they need is support and understanding. To find out what else people with PTSD need from their loved ones, we asked people in our community who have PTSD what their family members or friends can do to support them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good stuff, go read the list if you know someone dealing with PTSD, which you probably do, whether you&#8217;re aware of that or not!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/24F6wNR\">22 Ways to Support Someone With PTSD, From People Who Have It | The Mighty<\/a><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:2494,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/24F6wNR&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/24F6wNR&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you live with post-traumatic stress disorder, it can be hard to understand why an event from the past can still affect someone now. 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