PTSD In Sports

Before exploring the health of an athlete its important to understand what mental health is. Mental health is characterised by emotional wellbeing and resilience to stress (ClearingHouseForSport Australian Government Ralph Richards 9th June 2016). Mentally healthy individuals are able to cope with daily stresses and fully participate in family, work and in this case sport activities. A mental disorder is a diagnosable illness that affects a persons thinking, emotional state and behaviour and disrupts his/her ability to carry out normal daily activities and maintain personal relationships. Exercise has many benefits, not only for physical health but also your mental health as well. In the brain, exercise stimulates chemicals that improve an

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An American novelist wrote, “That is what death is like. It doesn’t matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn’t matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore” (Jonathan Safran Foer). According to The National Center for PTSD, VA Medical Center, soldiers who have served in war the last fourteen years, 11-20% have Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is mostly caused by a significant emotional event during a war. I worked at the NATO Role III hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan when Pfc. Keith M. Williams died on the trauma table. Williams’ death affected everyone in the trauma room that day, however, even today it has caused me horrible anguish.

My girlfriend’s brother, Mary served in the Marines for four years. In those four years, he made three combat tours and four other small deployments. During his first trip to Iraq, he was severely injured in a land mine accident. He was the only one out of the other three soldiers in the tank that survived. The accident left him with a severe brain injury and partly blind in his left eye. Mary was in an Iraqi hospital for about two weeks. He then decided to continue with his duty of being of Marine.

PTSD is a disorder soldiers get when they come back from war.But not only soldiers can get it,people can get it to.But there are ways you can stop it,like going to counseling.For some bases they have counselors for soldiers that live on the base.Untreated PTSD ends up getting worse.PTSD was first diagnosed in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association.Also natural disasters can give a person PTSD (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions).

Carol Seheult, a sports psychologist was noted saying, “When I see professional footballers they insist on complete secrecy because they fear it could get back to their manager, they worry that they'd be seen as wimps” (Dunning, 2003). The social constructs of male athletes and how they should be strong and not emotional has allowed the community to scrutinize athletes who don’t keep up with this manly image. Athletes continue to play in sports regardless of their mental health issues as they are afraid to speak on the issues themselves. This leaves many male athletes unable to get the help they need or the time they need to recover. Instead they continue rigorous training regimes that only add stress to already present problems. This is an image that has been constructed as a society and is one that require athletes to push themselves to victory even though they are suffering from mental illnesses. The social constructs created by society prevent many athletes from receiving the hep they need and is a problem that can only be solved as a

Mental health illness is a major issue that several United States systems faces daily. Mental illness can contribute to high crime rates, suicide, drug addiction, mass shootings, prison overcrowding, and several other problems. This paper will discuss and examine mental health issues as it develops and result in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the United States Military, and specifically how PTSD can result in suicide among military service members. PTSD is commonly and well known to infantry soldiers who were mostly deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq war between 2001 and 2003 due to an overwhelming and challenging environment. The war in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq conflicts, both have had a an actual impact on soldiers' mental health. In addition, infantrymen are most likely to experience at least one event as a minimum that may result in PTSD than any other divisions in the military. According to Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Major Gary Wynn provides statistics shows that "93 percent report coming under fire from artillery, rockets, and mortars. 91 percent say their unit has been attacked or ambushed. 87 percent say they know someone who has been seriously injured or killed" (Robson 2012).

America the beautiful, land of the free, but at what cost is that freedom attained? Freedom is usually attained through war and suffering. Many soldiers lose their lives fighting for their country. Even though many returned physically healthy, some of the men and women are fighting a new battle on the home front of their own minds. Living with something as mentally tormenting as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is something many veterans have to deal with on a daily basis. Not only do these men and women have to deal with the regret of their own actions, but they have to deal with the horrible treatment of those around them. They are living a life of torture knowing there is no cure; however, some people have found natural and positive ways to treat the symptoms. Even though many skeptics believe this disorder doesn’t exist, tests have been run proving the nightmare is as deep as

There are many sporting event and just about all of them have referees. Not every call the ref makes is going to go the way you would like. Fans and players need to realize it is just a game and that not everyone is perfect. In fact some calls are made because it's hard to tell where the ball is or who has the ball because a bunch of players are blocking their view. But they make the call and no matter what one team isn't going to like the call and they need to deal with it.

Our country’s soldiers protect us at all costs despite the danger that it places them in. They’re placed under constant stress and exposed to situations that the average person wouldn’t experience during their lifetime. While some soldiers may come out of combat physically unscathed, their risk of being affected by the time that they served does not simply disappear once they take off their uniforms. Due to the traumatic experiences that soldiers are exposed to they often suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Posttraumatic stress disorder is a condition triggered by a traumatic event specifically for veterans, combat exposure.

Many American soldiers returning from the traumas of war experience PTSD: an emotional illness that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event but is rarely acknowledged or fully understood. Throughout history, scientists have discovered different forms of PTSD other than just from war and many treatments on solving this illness. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was first acknowledged after the Civil War around 1870. Although there have been many changes in its name throughout history, the illness has always had the same effect on people. The term "Soldier's Heart" was used when people were looking at these veterans returning from Civil War combat and trying to understand why they had been changed. Soldier's

I hypothesize that the relationship between PTSD will be different for different positions on the battle field, and different positions or jobs leave individuals with responsibilities that others do not have. The purpose of the research to come will be beneficial in providing proactive steps to minimize outliers in the positions. For example, if the compass bearer, often the first soldier in formation, proves to have a relationship to PTSD, then the military can instill classes, mandatory therapy, or even a battle formation reform to prevent this. The point is, something can be changed to minimize the effects on the soldiers from the horrors of war, and this is my main goal. Once this research is applied to the military, it can also be applied to civilian jobs as different positions in a job can require different responsibilities. PTSD is a problem in the United States and many other countries. According to an article written based of published Department of Veterans Affairs reports, about 31% of Vietnam veterans, 11% of Afghanistan veterans, and 20% of Iraqi war veterans all have been diagnosed with PTSD (Medline Plus, 2018). With numbers as drastic as this, everything that can be done, needs to be done. This is why this research is important, it can help protect soldiers and their families from the harm of substance abuse, anxiety disorders,

PTSD is an anxiety disorder that some people get after seeing or living through a dangerous event.

Although ACT emerged in the 1980s, it wasn’t till 2005 that awareness and its popularity grew (Bach, & Moran, 2008). ACT was initially constructed as a substitute to the more classical forms of psychotherapy (Flaxman, Blackledge, & Bond, 2011). Rather than focusing on the reduction of indifferent cognitions and emotions, which is a primary focus in psychotherapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), ACT looks at the possibility of increasing effective and progressive behaviours (Flaxman, et al., 2011). The contrast however between ACT and a psychotherapy such as CBT is that the therapist doesn’t focus on the presence or altering the unlikable emotions and thoughts of individuals, however they do in fact decrease through the ACT process

Competitive athletes, all over the world, go through several hours of rigorous training daily. Due to the excessive hours of work put in, it is common for these athletes to have injuries. Sports Medicine Trainers are equipped in working with these injuries. It is important to obtain the right diagnosis to ensure the correct treatment is given to the athlete. Depending on how crucial the injury may be, it could take weeks to several months for an athlete to fully heal. Most all injuries require the athlete to go through rehab in order for the muscles to regain functionality. Since athletes experience meticulous training, they are more likely to have common injuries, such as concussions, ACL tears or sprains, or fractures.