Post traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, occurs after traumatic events that have happened in a lifetime.
Both, male and female, can experience these types of events.
PTSD can come from events such as the ones listed below:
War and Combat (Military Services)
Violence (Community and Domestic Violence)
Sexual Assault and Abuse
Faith Trauma (Trauma that causes one to lose faith in God)
6% of the U.S. population suffers from PTSD.
8 of every 100 women and 4 of every 100 men experiences PTSD with women being more likely to experience sexual assault.
30% of 3 million reported children cases suffers PTSD from different forms of trauma and the percentages are as followed:
65% being neglect
18%being physical abuse
10% being sexual assualt
7% being mental abuse
Within The Mix INC is here to bring awareness to the issue and in any way possible help those who suffers in silence with PTSD. We are here to love, support and help young adults heal. We want to help them become self-aware, so that the healing journey can begin! For more information on the statistics on PTSD just click the link below:
Effects of PTSD