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What is the most troubling symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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Flashbacks, can be triggered by sounds, smells, feelings, or images where the person relives the traumatic event and may completely lose touch with reality, for minutes or hours at a time.

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