Living with post-traumatic stress disorder can be isolating and unpredictable. Around 13 million adults in the United States — 5% of the population — experience PTSD each year, according to the ...

Do you ever find yourself daydreaming or distracted and your thoughts turn negative? You try to push away the upsetting thoughts, but it’s difficult, or even impossible. Those are intrusive thoughts.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing a traumatic event. Symptoms include intrusive memories, flashbacks, avoidance of triggers, ...

Anxious thoughts can overwhelm you, making it difficult to make decisions and take action to deal with whatever issue bothers ...

After serving several tours, including Afghanistan, Stephen Kelly came home in 2012 with possible traumatic brain injury (TBI) from an explosive bomb accident. Soon after his return, his wife, Kasey, ...

Mikaela Shiffrin says she has dealt with "intrusive thoughts" and symptoms of PTSD after crashing during a race in November 2024 She suffered a five-centimeter-deep puncture wound to her abdomen ...

The relationship between intrusive thoughts and OCD is complex, with intrusive thoughts serving as the driving force behind ...

Trauma is, unfortunately, a part of life for many people. Studies show that over 70 percent of us will face at least one traumatic event in our lifetime. While some individuals emerge from trauma ...

The skier, who suffered a deep puncture wound to her abdomen, tells PEOPLE about the mental toll the injury took Mikaela Shiffrin says she has dealt with "intrusive thoughts" and symptoms of PTSD ...

Shiffrin tells PEOPLE she "crashed into a gate" but isn't even sure how she sustained the wound Mikaela Shiffrin had to overcome more than the physical pain of a puncture wound to her abdomen when she ...