Post-traumatic stress disorder: Which strategies help VS hinder recovery?
It's important to remember that after a traumatic event it's completely normal for you to have intrusive and unpleasant thoughts, images and memories. Bodily restlessness is also normal and expected in the first days and weeks after the event. When you're in pain it seems only natural that you come up with strategies to reduce the pain. But many common strategies that people use to deal with trauma are unhelpful and can even aggravate the problem, creating a self-reinforcing cycle.
