After one is screened, they usually have to go to therapy which is not always helpful to all Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients. There have been many incidents in which therapy has actually made patients worse. Katy Butler spoke about one specific man in her article, “Researching PTSD: The Biology of Fear,” and how he dealt with therapy: “After a brief stay on a psychiatric ward, he burned his Marine uniform in his parents' backyard. He avoided war movies. He didn't go to his sister's wedding” (Butler par. 2). When this young man went through therapy, he was reminded of all the devastating events that happened in war, and he become isolated from the rest of the world as a result. This young man could have lived with his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but instead, he went to therapy and the disorder was made worse. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients are shy and do not enjoy conversing about their traumatic event (Wylie par. 8). Many Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients would rather go on with their lives and never think of their traumatic event again. They would rather deal with it themselves than talk to a therapist. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients normally do not want to got to therapy because it will remind them of the traumatic event that had happened to them.
Argument: Should have therapy
Although therapy does not work for some Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients, it does work for other Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients. Most trauma patients look fine but are not emotionally stable (Wylie par. 2). Therapy is important for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients to talk about their problems. If they go to therapy, then they can get proper medicine to help them. For instance, they might be depressed and need to be put on antidepressants. In Butler’s article, she tells how a man with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was put on depression medicine because the therapist was able to diagnose his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to depression: “He was put on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs” (Butler par. 4). Soon after this patient got the right medicine, he was better than he was before. Therapy is helpful; it can make people see that their traumatic event was not their fault and they should not let it hang on them for the rest of their lives. Therapy can make people talk about feelings they never thought they would never imagine talking about but that they really need to talk about. Anyone who has been through a traumatic incident should have to go through at least a month of therapy to make sure that they are mentally stable enough to go through their lives and that they do not have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.