| Along with the signs of physical distress
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| | thought processes from the spinal
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| in the body following a car crash, car
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| | whiplash injury, can 'block' an
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| accident victims can also suffer from a
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| | individual and make them appear
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| range of emotional after-effects
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| | emotionally disconnected. Slurred speech
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| including depression, social phobia,
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| | and communication problems can also
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| anxiety disorders and Post-Traumatic
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| | occur.
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| Stress Disorder (PTSD).
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| | A car accident victim suffering from
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| PTSD (a mental disorder connected to
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| | whiplash or compounded spinal injuries
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| trauma) combined with the cognitive
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| | affecting the cervical vertebrae
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| effects of whiplash injury affecting the
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| | (connected to the brain and thought
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| cervical vertebrae in the neck can have
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| | processes) may, therefore, find that
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| complex consequences.
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| | their recovery from the accident is more
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| This is because the nerves in the neck
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| | difficult than they first think. This may
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| region of the spine are connected with
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| | particularly show up in cognitive
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| thought processes and mobility
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| | activities such as memory recall and the
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| functionality (as the brain communicates
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| | ability to function normally in the
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| with the limbs to move and run, for
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| | workplace.
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| example). This means that if a whiplash
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| | PTSD and physical symptoms
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| injury affects the neck and a car
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| | Poor brain-body co-ordination is also an
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| accident victim has PTSD, they will end
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| | expression of PTSD and trauma release.
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| up experiencing a psychological double
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| | During whiplash recovery, the spine and
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| whammy.
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| | brain try to heal and communicate
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| What is post traumatic stress disorder?
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| | effectively with the relevant parts of
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| PTSD is a traumatic emotional condition
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| | the body that require mobility.
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| that occurs after exposure to a
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| | Tripping, slipping, falling over and
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| terrifying event or a series of
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| | spilling or knocking things over are also
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| horrifying events. The latter can include
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| | common symptoms. Chiropractic treatment
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| physical violence, rape, natural
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| | is extremely effective at treating the
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| disasters, kidnappings, fire, abuse (of
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| | spine, reducing subluxation and bringing
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| any kind), terminal illnesses and car
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| | the nerves back to their former state so
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| accidents.
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| | that the body can work properly.
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| PTSD can occur at any age as a sudden,
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| | Therapies that assist in releasing locked
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| short-term response to a very difficult
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| | trauma
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| situation that has been experienced or as
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| | The best thing a car accident victim with
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| a long-term disturbing memory that
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| | whiplash and PTSD can do to help
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| struggles to evacuate the body and mind.
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| | themselves is let their employer know
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| The latter results in memory fragments
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| | that they have been through a traumatic
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| being processed over a period of time in
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| | time. It is also best to seek help
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| the form of flashbacks and nightmares,
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| | through therapies such as psychotherapy
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| causing insomnia and sleep-deprivation
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| | and cognitive behavioural therapy which
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| problems resulting in poor concentration,
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| | can assist in releasing locked trauma:
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| attention deficit disorder and memory
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| | Psychotherapy
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| retention problems.
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| | A process when a patient talks to a
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| Car accidents and flashbacks
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| | psychiatrist, social worker or counsellor
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| Somebody suffering from PTSD may feel
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| | about a mental health condition.
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| frequently frightened and traumatised as
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| | Psychotherapy differs from traditional
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| they experience or re-live the trauma
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| | forms of counselling in that counselling
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| during flashbacks. Flashbacks can be
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| | deals with ordinary everyday problems and
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| 'triggered' by a number of stimuli
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| | issues, while psychotherapy generally
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| including images, sounds, smells or
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| | deals with deeper mental and emotional
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| connected feelings that have a strong
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| | problems.
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| correlation with the traumatic event.
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| | Cognitive behavioural therapy
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| A person experiencing a car accident
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| | This is a form of psychotherapy that
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| flashback may lose all sense of reality
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| | emphasises the importance of thinking in
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| and think they are still in the past
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| | how we feel and what we do. Cognitive
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| trauma and having the accident again.
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| | behavioural therapy (CBT) is based on the
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| Understandably, this may be traumatic for
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| | scientific fact that thoughts cause
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| a loved one to watch.
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| | feelings and behaviour and aims to shift
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| PTSD and emotional side-effects
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| | destructive thought processes that are
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| Survivor guilt (of having survived when
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| | harmful or not helpful to you to create
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| other people have died in a car accident)
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| | more positive thought processes that are
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| is also often a significant aspect of
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| | helpful to you.
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| PTSD. Somebody with PTSD may have an
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| | By unlocking trauma using the therapies
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| advanced startle reflex, be emotionally
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| | above, the brain and body have time to
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| numb, unable to connect with other people
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| | recover and the mind is freed up to
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| and irritable or aggressive.
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| | concentrate on being present and carrying
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| These emotions, together with disjointed
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| | out tasks properly and logically.
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