When very bad events happen to us it can be the psyhological injuries that take the longest to heal. This can be the "hidden" suffering, long after the broken legs or wounds have healed up.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- may follow event or trauma which serioulsy threatens the physical or mental integrity or life of the victim, eg fighting in war, terrorism, plane crashes, rape, sexual abuse, torture of self or witnessed in loved one.
- three symptom clusters: re-experiencing phenomena (eg. flashbacks), nervous over-arousal and over-vigilance, emotional numbing and personlity changes.