Acute Stress Disorder
If you have been involved in a traumatic experienced, been threatened or witnessed a trauma within the past month and experiencing PTSD-like symptoms, you may be suffering for Acute Stress Disorder (ASD).
Here are some of the symptoms you may be experiencing:
Dissociative Symptoms · feeling numb, detached, or being emotionally unresponsive
a reduced awareness of your surroundings
Derealization (your environment seems strange or unreal to you)
Depersonalization (your thoughts or emotions do not seem real or do not seem like they belong to you)
Dissociative amnesia (you cannot remember an important aspect or aspects of the traumatic event)
Re-experiencing the Traumatic Event ·having recurring images, thoughts, nightmares, illusions, or flashback episodes of the traumatic event
feeling like you are reliving the traumatic event feeling distressed when something reminds you of the traumatic event
Anxiety or Increased Arousal:
Avoidance You may avoid stimuli that cause you to remember or re-experience the traumatic event, such as:
Your symptoms of ASD may cause you distress or disrupt important aspects of your life, such as:
Treatment and support is available in Albuquerque. Call Counseling ABQ at 220-8512 or email to schedule an intake and determine which treatment option is right for you.
Here are some of the symptoms you may be experiencing:
Dissociative Symptoms · feeling numb, detached, or being emotionally unresponsive
a reduced awareness of your surroundings
Derealization (your environment seems strange or unreal to you)
Depersonalization (your thoughts or emotions do not seem real or do not seem like they belong to you)
Dissociative amnesia (you cannot remember an important aspect or aspects of the traumatic event)
Re-experiencing the Traumatic Event ·having recurring images, thoughts, nightmares, illusions, or flashback episodes of the traumatic event
feeling like you are reliving the traumatic event feeling distressed when something reminds you of the traumatic event
Anxiety or Increased Arousal:
- having trouble sleeping
- being irritable
- having difficulty concentrating
- inability to stop moving or sit still
- being constantly tense or on-guard
- becoming startled too easily or at inappropriate times
- distress
Avoidance You may avoid stimuli that cause you to remember or re-experience the traumatic event, such as:
- people
- conversations
- places
- objects
- activities
- thoughts
- feelings
Your symptoms of ASD may cause you distress or disrupt important aspects of your life, such as:
- social settings
- work settings
- inability to start or complete necessary tasks
- inability to tell others about the traumatic event
Treatment and support is available in Albuquerque. Call Counseling ABQ at 220-8512 or email to schedule an intake and determine which treatment option is right for you.
Counseling ABQ 2900 Louisiana Blvd. NE, Ste. 210 Albuquerque NM 87110
505-220-8512
info@CounselingABQ.com
505-220-8512
info@CounselingABQ.com