Why does Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) develop? When we experience trauma, intense emotions such as horror, fear, sadness or anger may occur. Parts of our environment smells, sounds and thoughts that were present when the traumatic incident(s) happened may become associated with today. Such as, a woman being raped. She may have smelled a particular scent on him. When she smells a similar scent today it is associated with helplessness and fear experienced during her trauma(s). In this way, trauma can negatively impact your entire life.
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