Question

Jennifer has been drinking excessively since she got back from the war a few months ago. Last week, she swerved in the middle of the road to avoid what she believed to be an IED, but it turned out to be a wrapper. She has had frequent nightmares and her husband suggests that she speak to someone. She usually ends up arguing with her husband about how she doesn’t need to speak to anyone and ends up feeling worse. Identify the disorder.

Answer 1

From the information of Jennifer's condition the following can be concluded:

• Presence of addiction.
• Illusion
• Frequent nightmares.
• Refusal to seek help for her condition.
• Excessive emotional response.
• Feeling of detachment, and worse.

These above given symptoms of Jennifer is said to present since she got back from war. Probably, she is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, as the symptoms of Jennifer as:

• Indulging in alcoholism is way to avoid the memories of war. Individuals suffering from PTSD are prone to substance abuse to avoid memories of their traumatic experience.
• Feeling down, detachment and feeling worse is a symptom of PTSD.
• Frequent nightmares, getting panicked and illusioned at the sight of gift wrapper is a symptom of PTSD
• Refusal to seek help is avoidance of accepting the reality.
• Her usual excessive emotional response to her husband a negative change in mood and emotions also indicate PTSD.