This is the Guardian. As the war in Ukraine continues, millions of people from civilians to soldiers and emergency service workers are going through horribly

traumatic events. Some will go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, meaning these terrible

experiences may cause distress not just in the immediate aftermath, but in the months and years to come.

I wake up in the middle of the night shouting small children at home and quite often they'll then wake up.

PTSD can make everyday situations feel extremely distressing and overwhelming,

preventing people from moving on and rebuilding their lives.

The best way that I would describe it is as feelings of recurring terror.

If you imagine re-experiencing the worst thing that has ever happened to you.

So why does some people develop such a debilitating condition and can understanding more about the

psychology behind PTSD help to build resilience

and improve treatments in the future.

From the Guardian, I'm E in, and this is Science Weekly. Whenever anybody goes through something extremely frightening or distressing,

they'll have an emotional response to that, of course.

But post-traumatic stress disorder is quite different.

Jennifer Wilde is an associate professor who researches PTSD in the Department of Experimental

Psychology at the University of Oxford.

PTSD is a crippling stress reaction.

It afflicts soldiers and survivors of other terrible events like mining disasters.

After a traumatic event, someone might experience unwanted memories of the event, they might have difficulty sleeping, they might not want to think about it.

This is all very normal in the immediate aftermath and even up to about a month afterwards.

But if these symptoms persist for longer than a month and are interfering with somebody's

life they may then potentially be diagnosed with PTSD.

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