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Within a reasonable portion, the worry often is needed to anticipate the desperate deeds that are not based on certain considerations. But if it is excessive, the worry it will harm our health. What are the consequences?
Scientists at Michigan State University show that excessive worry may increase the risk of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or post-traumatic stress disorder. The same disorder often experienced by soldiers home from the battlefield.
Symptoms that appear in disorders such as PTSD emergence dreams about the past that is very disturbing, withdrawn and insensitive, anxiety, shame and guilt and sometimes cranky. According to scientists, one of the trigger is excessive worry.
This was evidenced in the observation of a group of people that neurotic personality. Personality synonymous with excessive anxiety is characterized by anxiety in a higher level than the general population, as well as over-reactive to its environment.
The research involved 1,000 people in southeastern Michigan lasted for 10 years. In that period, about 50 percent of participants experienced different types of trauma and 5 percent of them were believed to have symptoms of PTSD.
The analysis showed an association between personality with an increased risk of PTSD. A person with a neurotic personality who is always worried about everything to excess tend to have a higher risk for PTSD.
"The question is, what is the difference between people who have PTSD and who does not? Study shows that people who are always anxious usually more vulnerable experience. This is an important risk factor," said Naomi Breslau, who led the research as quoted from Huffingtonpost, Tuesday (12.25.2012).
Source: Huffingtonpost
