How does trauma relate to PTSD?

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop following a traumatic event that threatens your safety or makes you feel helpless. Any overwhelming life experience can trigger PTSD, especially if you feel that the event is unpredictiable and uncontrollable. It is normal for people to feel disconnected, numb, have bad dreams, and find it difficult to stop thinking about what happened after a traumatic event. For most people these symptoms are short-lived but with people that have PTSD the symptoms don't decrease.

For some people trauma - especially if prolonged exposure to trauma changes occur in brain chemistry and in some cases brain structure. The trauma was so severe to that person their mind was unable to process it leaving them distressing symptoms like hypervigilence flashbacks and distressing thoughts

Trauma relates to ptsd because when you experience trauma it sometimes causes ptsd which could be things like flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event. Trauma can relate to ptsd in so many different ways there are many ways to have PTSD but trauma is a factor in it. I know from what I have learnt is that the trauma that you experience can affect you majorly and when it does PTSD can occur. I am not sure the totally relation but there is a connection between the two. As far as I know

When a person goes through Trama it leaves imprints in their brain. The actual brain chemistry changes and so does the structure of the brain. PTSD is one way your brain tries to process this trauma. PTSD can seem like the ghosts of the past constantly haunting you but you can rest assured that there is hope. Trama may cause PTSD but therapy can help resolve it. PTSD is a terrible thing and, personally, I struggle with it every day but, with help from my psychologist, I'm slowly getting better. You just have to have the determination to get better.