Physical health problems, cognitive issues, eating disorders… these are just a few of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) we don’t talk about.
And that’s just the beginning of the list. 1. Physical health problems. Some of the physical symptoms of PTSD include cardiovascular, autoimmune, musculoskeletal, digestive, chronic pain and respiratory conditions, as well as higher rates of diabetes, sleep apnea, migraine, fibromyalgia, and muscle tension.
Clearly, PTSD is a physical as well as emotional disease, but there are other symptoms of PTSD that may surprise you: the neurocognitive ones. 2.
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