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i was thinking of how similar post traumatic stress disorder and general anxiety disorder are. i read this description for ptsd and it's me exactly.
"they do not have a normal 'baseline' level of alert but relaxed attention. instead, they have an elevated baseline of arousal: their bodies are always on the alert for danger. they also have an extreme startle response to unexpected stimuli...people with post-traumatic stress disorder take longer to fall asleep, are more sensitive to noise and awake more frequently during the night then ordinary people. thus traumatic events appear to recondition the human nervous system."
fun times.
"they do not have a normal 'baseline' level of alert but relaxed attention. instead, they have an elevated baseline of arousal: their bodies are always on the alert for danger. they also have an extreme startle response to unexpected stimuli...people with post-traumatic stress disorder take longer to fall asleep, are more sensitive to noise and awake more frequently during the night then ordinary people. thus traumatic events appear to recondition the human nervous system."
fun times.