Can asthma cause PTSD?
I think most people have heard of or know what PTSD is - but for those who don't, Mayo Clinic describes it this way: "Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event." How can you get PTSD from asthma? Well, for those of us with asthma, not being able to breathe is a terrifying event! Over the last 20 years, we have had our share of traumatic events. Daughter Kitty and Son #2 were in the hospital 12 times for asthma - and two of those were ICU! When you see the hospital staff panicking trying to take care of your child, you panic! Most of the hospitalizations for my kids were caused by pneumonia, but there was an ICU admission for Son #2 due to smoke from a nearby forest fire. No matter what I did, nothing helped him. Breathing treatments weren...