Table of Contents
- 1 What are the common warning signs of emotional distress for adults?
- 2 What does emotional damage look like?
- 3 How do you know if you suffer from trauma?
- 4 What are five common emotional problems experienced by older adults?
- 5 What are the effects of emotional disorders?
- 6 Is being emotionally damaged a bad thing?
What are the common warning signs of emotional distress for adults?
What are the warning signs and symptoms of emotional stress?
- Heaviness in your chest, increased heart rate or chest pain.
- Shoulder, neck or back pain; general body aches and pains.
- Headaches.
- Grinding your teeth or clenching your jaw.
- Shortness of breath.
- Dizziness.
- Feeling tired, anxious, depressed.
What does emotional damage look like?
Experiencing terrifying memories, nightmares, or flashbacks. Avoiding more and more anything that reminds you of the trauma. Emotionally numb and disconnected from others. Using alcohol or drugs to feel better.
What are emotional problems in adults?
The top psychological or emotional problems that people have nowadays include anxiety disorders, mono-polar depression and bipolar disorder. Dementia is a relatively common disorder in older age groups (there are many kinds of dementia), and schizophrenia (unfortunately) is a relatively common category as well.
How do you know if you suffer from trauma?
What are the key signs and symptoms trauma?
- Constant tiredness even after you have had a rest.
- Headaches and general pain in your body.
- Difficulty falling asleep.
- Having restless sleep.
- Strange physical sensations.
What are five common emotional problems experienced by older adults?
Mental health problems are common among seniors and may include isolation, affective and anxiety disorders, dementia, and psychosis, among others. Many seniors also suffer from sleep and behavioral disorders, cognitive deterioration or confusion states as a result of physical disorders or surgical interventions.
What are the signs of emotional damage?
This sign of emotional damage stems from someone using personal habits, quirks, or bits of your personality and hurting you with it. AKA: bullying. #4 You constantly compare yourself to others. Having a low self-esteem and comparing yourself to other people is a surefire way to tell if you’re emotionally damaged.
What are the effects of emotional disorders?
Emotional symptoms can lead to inappropriate behaviors, increased accidents, poor judgment, self-harm, violence, and suicide.
Is being emotionally damaged a bad thing?
But that emotional damage is what makes you who you are and that’s something you should never want to change completely. Being emotionally damaged is NOT a bad thing. It just means you’ve been through a little more than other people in your life and can still come out strong.
What is emotional & psychological trauma?
Understanding emotional & psychological trauma. Psychological, or emotional trauma, is damage or injury to the psyche after living through an extremely frightening or distressing event and may result in challenges in functioning or coping normally after the event.