Professional help may interfere with the natural process of healing. If you are good at blocking things out, good at forgetting what's happened to you then you should be left well alone. Post-traumatic stress disorder has been around for centuries, though it has not always been recognised as a medical condition. It is also known as shell-shock or battle fatigue and can affect anyone who has suffered a major psychological trauma. PTSD develops weeks after an event and is characterised by mental numbness.
Sufferers experience flashbacks and have difficulty reacting to situations and people.