ptsd family problem

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition in which the person emotionally re-lives certain periods of their past. It is mainly to related with and found in members of the military, and especially those on active combat duty due to the amount of traumatic experiences that can happen to them. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can affect family members by making them feel hurt if the survivor loses interest to the family very emotionally. The Red Convertible present as a psychological perspective because the post- traumatic stress disorder from Henry affects the relationship with of his brother, Lyman.

The symptoms and feelings that are presenting in “The Red Convertible” are problems that many families of post-traumatic stress disorder experience on an everyday basis. In Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” a character named Henry define as being “But he was quiet, so quiet and never comfortable sitting still anywhere but always up and moving around”(Erdrich). Erdrich describes Henry as having post- traumatic stress disorder symptoms that many returning soldiers have today. Most survivors who have trauma return to normal life for some time on the other hand, some people who have trauma may take time to go away or might get worse. Erdrich continues to describe the impact on post-traumatic stress disorder on the family of Lyman’s of being alone. “I had been feeling down in the dumps about Henry around this time. We had always been together before. But he was such a loner now that I didn’t know how to take it” (Erdrich). Since his brother separated himself from his family physically and emotionally, Lyman began feeling lonely as if his brother had never returned to the war.

In the Vietnam War, veterans who suffer from post- traumatic str...

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...be easy to fall into that critical mind. Many veterans suffer from the disorder but they do not need any medical needs. The war against terrorism is making a new generations with post- traumatic stress disorder. Many of the veterans will return home without any help.

In conclusion, all wars have brought on post- traumatic stress disorder connected illness to its veterans. In “The Red Convertible” the author shows how the effect of post- traumatic stress disorder people can have on those around someone have an illness it likes Henry. It is important to understand post- traumatic stress disorder. Post- traumatic stress disorder affects the people who are coming from the war. This disorder gives stress in their mind to hold on. The fact remains that until every veteran who needs help can get it, post- traumatic stress disorder will be a continuing problem in America.