WHAT ARE SOME LONG-TERM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OF BEING KIDNAPPED?

Reccently, someone really tighten to me gave me as well as my crony the scare, as well as I got to wondering about it. What would happen, as well as has any one been by this?

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matineesiren March 20, 2010 at 5:43 pm

Post traumatic stress disorder is a BIG one, as well as depression. A big trauma can even trigger psychosis.

tally m March 20, 2010 at 6:30 pm

i find this a difficult thing to answer on the net, but i think you might consider a session or two with a therapist, with you and the person who was involved in it with you, the other victim, not the perpetrator. Both of you, as survivors now have this thing together as survivors, and will forever. I don’t have any other answer but what the other person said, ptsd, well known long lasting. lots of stuff on it; females get it the time when they are assaulted and not getting the right counseling after. Best wishes.

valkyries78 March 20, 2010 at 7:14 pm

Really depends on the individual. Not everyone reacts the same way to extreme circumstances. Some people are stronger than others. I know people who think having a stale bagel is a major crisis, and I know people who came back from a tour in Iraq and just shrugged it off.

Everyone, sooner or later, has to deal & move on. How you deal is up to you. Now your qualified professional therapist is going to better at “talking you down” off the ledge. But sooner or later, it’s you, not the therapist, who decides to jump or come down.

BT!! March 20, 2010 at 7:58 pm

One of the biggest effects will be post-traumatic stress, which can include things like flashbacks, phobias, etc. You may find that the person no longer wants to interact with others, as they fear the other person may take advantage of them, which for them has happened in the past. Therefore there are serious social implications resulting from a kidnapping situation or such an event.

sulaiman s March 20, 2010 at 8:56 pm

I have never been kidnapped before so i don’t know.

mrcricket1932 March 20, 2010 at 9:14 pm

Reliving the event. Not the best thing to be doing.

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