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What Causes PTSD? Here’s What Happens to the Brain After Trauma

According to the National Alliance for Mental Health, approximately 10 percent of women and 4 percent of men will develop post-traumatic stress disorder during the course of their lifetimes. Both men and women who’ve experienced sexual assault, terrorist attacks or violent crimes are at higher risk for developing post-traumatic stress disorder. What is PTSD? Post-traumatic […]

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Could You Have PTSD? 5 Signs and Symptoms That You Should Know

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often receives a lot of press when it comes to soldiers returning from war. You might have even seen movies where a former soldier struggles with nightmares and flashbacks of the trauma that they endured. While the ravages of war are a common cause of PTSD, you should also be aware

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If You Are Eating These 10 Foods at Bedtime You are Making a Huge Mistake!

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If You Are Eating These 10 Foods at Bedtime You are Making a Huge Mistake! It’s nighttime and you have the munchies. You don’t want anything heavy or greasy, no coffee of course since it is bedtime. So we have an idea that there are a few things not to eat, right? Well let’s look

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