Most people experience an extremely distressing or traumatic event at some point in their lives.
Some of the symptoms of PTSD involve re-experiencing the trauma in one s thoughts and feelings. For example, a person who was raped might spend lots of time thinking about the rape. She may have bad dreams or nightmares about it. She might become very upset whenever she is reminded about it. For example, a combat veteran might avoid TV shows and movies about war, because to watch them would be too painful.