A study undertaken by J Golding in 1999 reported that as many as two-thirds of victims of abuse (64%) developed post traumatic stress disorder of which symptoms can include:
Recurrent memories (of the traumatic experience, flashbacks, nightmares, physical reactions to reminders of the traumatic event)
• Avoidance (talking or thinking about the traumatic episode, avoiding people or places that trigger memories)
• Changes in thinking or mood (emotional numbness, difficulty keeping close relationships or feeling positive emotions, negative self-image)
• Changes in emotional reactions (anger, panic attacks, feeling under threat all the time, insomnia, guilt and shame, self-destructive behaviour: drinking, reckless driving) #DomesticAbuse#DomesticViolence
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