Acute Stress Disorder: Top Five Symptoms

1. Terror: People undergoing post-traumatic stress usually suffer from continuous fear and this may include nightmares. Additionally, after the traumatic incident, patients might repeatedly think about the incident, resulting in severe stress anxiety. These acute stress disorder symptoms, when identified, can be easily treated using prescription drugs and psychoanalytic techniques that help calm the patient.
2. Emotional Triggers: Severe emotional triggers may also be a distinctive traumatic stress disorder symptom. This often manifests itself in a way where the person no longer feels pain if he has faced trauma and suffered a physical injury. Psychotherapy is the best cure to avoid these stress symptoms and live a normal life.
3. Hyper-arousal: This is an indication of chronic acute stress disorder and needs immediate therapy. Hyper activity of the nervous system results in associated symptoms such as an increase in heartbeat and cold sweat. The presence of traumatic stress is also indicated by an unusually hyperactive response to usual day-to-day activities.
4. Social Detachment: Social detachment is a definite indicator of post-traumatic stress. The stress anxiety may make you appear “cold” to normal situations and lose interest in relationships. Social detachment may also bring about loss of pleasure derived from usually healthy activities, which the individual might have enjoyed. This may cause concern in the family and the society in general.
5. General anxiety symptoms: Post-traumatic stress may also bring about other general anxiety disorder symptoms that include a highly irritable nature, poor concentration, and insomnia.

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