How PTSD Can Make You Hallucinate

November 13, 2017 Scott Kampschaefer

Are you someone who can walk into a scary situation, maybe into a dark place, and think you see things in the dark? Do you ever recall frightening situations with amazing clarity and continue to be haunted by those memories. Do you talk about fearful situations that have happened in the past with friends or family members and they tell you how they just don’t remember things happening that way? If this is the case, you may be hallucinating as part of PTSD symptoms.

Hurricanes and Trauma: Outside and In

September 25, 2017 Scott Kampschaefer

With all the hurricanes and earthquakes that have been happening in parts of North America in the last few months, people are suffering due to being displaced and losing homes, property, loved ones, and other unpleasant consequences from these natural disasters. Getting on with life can be very difficult and arduous, to say the least. What often gets overlooked in these situations is the emotional suffering that can make things even harder for someone who has been victimized by these horrific events.

How Trauma Is Like the Movie Groundhog Day

July 19, 2017 Scott Kampschaefer

Have you ever found yourself perseverating about something that happened in the past and been unable to get your mind off it? Have you ever found yourself reacting to new situations as if they were something from your childhood or a recurring horrific event you consciously know has passed? Does this happen despite what you tell yourself before or during these events? If this is the case with you, your thinking may be being driven by trauma.

5 Signs PTSD is Affecting Your Memories

January 24, 2017 Scott Kampschaefer

Do you find yourself reliving the past? Do memories come back over you with the same awful details that they always have? If this describes what you experience, you may have PTSD affecting your memories. PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is a condition where memories are frozen in the brain in a way that causes distress and negatively affects the brain and the rest of the nervous system.

Scott Kampschaefer, LCSW

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