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title: "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: What Is It?"  
description: "Post traumatic stress disorder often develops after the exposure to traumatic events and can remain as chronic disorder."  
author: "Himanshi Gupta"  
published: 2023-08-27  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2428/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-what-is-it  
category: "mental-health"  
tags: ["Post traumatic stress disorder present in an episodic manner with symptoms fluctuating in severity across the lifespan."]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: What Is It?

![Post Traumatic Stress Disorder What Is It](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e9456417-01b6-410a-a642-5d790ad977bb/images/1f2f68c4-bc4b-4a68-90cf-4c27eeb2cd20.jpeg) Post-traumatic stress disorder: what is it? ![Post Traumatic Stress Disorder What Is It](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e9456417-01b6-410a-a642-5d790ad977bb/images/8506d2b3-53c4-41ec-bc7f-acbf9736fe07.jpeg) Post -traumatic stress disorder often develops after the exposure to traumatic events and can remain as chronic disorder. ![Post Traumatic Stress Disorder What Is It](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e9456417-01b6-410a-a642-5d790ad977bb/images/2cb33496-19bf-4b6a-a79e-bf11ebcc049e.jpeg) It can also present in an episodic manner with symptoms fluctuating in severity across the lifespan. ![Post Traumatic Stress Disorder What Is It](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e9456417-01b6-410a-a642-5d790ad977bb/images/61e2fb0d-bc36-49d8-a106-5a2d47f92978.jpeg) It is totally similar to other mental disorder. ![Post Traumatic Stress Disorder What Is It](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e9456417-01b6-410a-a642-5d790ad977bb/images/2cb33496-19bf-4b6a-a79e-bf11ebcc049e.jpeg) PTSD( Post-traumatic stress disorder) can relapse and remit over time. ![Post Traumatic Stress Disorder What Is It](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e9456417-01b6-410a-a642-5d790ad977bb/images/06958a5b-c6d1-4cf3-b6f0-f14f77d19493.jpeg) These are the important facts about PTSD(Post-traumatic stress disorder).

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