Chaplains and PTSD Strengthening the Chaplain Corps One Servant at a Time

www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

How PTSDCan Cause a Person to feel

Overwhelming Shame and

Unworthiness

www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Feel Overwhelming Shame and

Unworthiness

Shame

Unworthiness

Feelings of overwhelming shame and unworthiness are two devastating symptoms of PTSD in returning vets and underscore the growing incidents of military suicides in the United States.

The onset of these two types of emotional symptoms usually have to do with processing moral issues the soldier either faced or observed in combat situations.

www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Feel Overwhelming Shame and

UnworthinessA study conducted by Friedman, and Lindy verify how PTSD related shame typically leads to social detachment.

This fractured self-evaluation may hinder their recovery process and lead to other PTSD symptoms.

www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Feel Overwhelming Shame and

Unworthiness

The destructive psychological feeling of unworthiness may be connected with an inaccurate recollection of the event causing them to unjustifiably blame self and impairing almost every aspect of their life.

www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Feel Overwhelming Shame and

Unworthiness

Shame and unworthiness affect the trauma sufferer’s mental processing causing loss of memory and other memory impairments.

www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Feel Overwhelming Shame and

Unworthiness

In order to help a veteran with this aspect of PTSD, we need to help the victim with a reconciliation of a their moral, religious, and spiritual beliefs aligned with their view of self.

We need to help them begin a journey of rediscovery of life amid the tragic understanding of life's evils.