Title: What is Secondary Traumatic Stress?
Headings: What is Secondary Traumatic Stress?
What is Secondary Traumatic Stress?
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What are the Symptoms of Secondary Traumatic Stress?
Who Suffers from Secondary Traumatic Stress?
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Is There a Treatment for Secondary Traumatic Stress?

Content: These can include: Social discomfort and withdrawal
Fear
Exhaustion
Disconnection from others
Hopelessness
Guilt
Avoidance symptoms (such as avoiding the person who gave them the first-hand account of the trauma)
Sudden outbursts of anger
An inability to care for oneself or a disinterest in self-care
Insomnia
Hypersensitivity
Irritability
An inability to care for or help others
Intense nightmares
Problems focusing
Stress is another of the most intensive symptoms and that which may be noticed by other individuals. Secondary traumatic stress can cause its own set of symptoms that, while similar to those of PTSD, can often be more difficult for individuals to notice within themselves. Who Suffers from Secondary Traumatic Stress? This syndrome, according to the VA, is commonly experienced by “supporters/helpers of those experiencing PTSD.” This can include clinicians such as doctors and nurses, caseworkers, therapists, counselors, and other people who dedicate their lives to helping those who have been through terrible traumas. It is vey likely to occur in those who work with veterans, rape survivors, and children with histories of abuse. Though these individuals have taken jobs where they want to help others through these terrible events and the lasting impressions they have left, it can be extremely difficult to do it every day. Sometimes, a certain case may particularly affect an individual in this position, or this disorder may be caused by a long string of cases that eventually make the person feel miserable and burnt out. You don’t have to struggle with secondary traumatic stress alone.