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If you or someone you know has been exposed to a traumatic event and are experiencing any of the following symptoms, please consult your physician or a Compass clinician. To locate a Compass facility in your area, please click here.
Intrusive Recollection
Recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions
Recurrent or distressing dreams of the event
Acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated)
Intense psychological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event
Physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event
Avoidance/Numbing
Efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma
Efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollections of the trauma
Inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma
Markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activities
Feeling of detachment or estrangement from others
Restricted range of affect (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span)
