Think Before You Abort - All About the Trauma of Post Abortion Syndrome
Chronic suffering and symptoms that lead to Post Abortion Syndrome, a form of Prolonged Adaptation Stress Disorder (PASS), are commonly seen in women who abort their child, be it voluntarily, forcibly, or due to unavoidable medical complications.
The trauma of the syndrome is equally experienced by all of them irrespective of the reason.
Unfortunately, most of us fail to attend to a woman's emotional well-being after the child is aborted, thereby making it all the more difficult to deal with post-abortion stress.
In medical terminology, Post-Abortion Syndrome is defined as "a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced by women after a pregnancy termination".
The feelings of guilt, pain and loss that are naturally felt by a woman after the procedure are nothing but early signs of distress.
If these feelings do not heal or their own, they lead to long-term psychological effects resulting in a group of symptoms that together constitute the syndrome.
The probability of occurrence of this syndrome is usually high in women who were unsure about their decision or had an unstable mindset during the process pregnancy termination.
Another risk factor that contributes to the occurrence of this post-traumatic stress disorder is lack of adequate counseling before undergoing the procedure.
Major Symptoms Prolonged Adaptation Stress Disorder (PASS) faced by women post-abortion is usually characterized by the following symptoms: 1)Prolonged feeling of guilt 2)Tendency of the patient to associate the bad events in life to their act of pregnancy termination.
3)Tendency of religious women to think of the act as a sin and associate the setbacks in life as a punishment from God.
4)Irritability and hyper-anxiety 5)Insomnia and other sleep disorders 6)Eating disorders, headaches, and increased heart rate 7)Hatred for those who influenced her decision to abort 8)Over-protective or over-abusive for her future children 9)Psychological detachment and tendency to refrain from thoughts, places, and activities associated with abortion.
10)Drugs and alcohol addiction, as well as self-harming behaviors 11) Tendency to fantasize the age of the unborn baby every year on the date corresponding to date of abortion.
This is commonly called the 'Anniversary Syndrome".
The best way to deal with this syndrome is to seek medical care as soon as possible without letting the woman subjugate her depressive emotions, expecting them to heal on their own.
The trauma of the syndrome is equally experienced by all of them irrespective of the reason.
Unfortunately, most of us fail to attend to a woman's emotional well-being after the child is aborted, thereby making it all the more difficult to deal with post-abortion stress.
In medical terminology, Post-Abortion Syndrome is defined as "a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced by women after a pregnancy termination".
The feelings of guilt, pain and loss that are naturally felt by a woman after the procedure are nothing but early signs of distress.
If these feelings do not heal or their own, they lead to long-term psychological effects resulting in a group of symptoms that together constitute the syndrome.
The probability of occurrence of this syndrome is usually high in women who were unsure about their decision or had an unstable mindset during the process pregnancy termination.
Another risk factor that contributes to the occurrence of this post-traumatic stress disorder is lack of adequate counseling before undergoing the procedure.
Major Symptoms Prolonged Adaptation Stress Disorder (PASS) faced by women post-abortion is usually characterized by the following symptoms: 1)Prolonged feeling of guilt 2)Tendency of the patient to associate the bad events in life to their act of pregnancy termination.
3)Tendency of religious women to think of the act as a sin and associate the setbacks in life as a punishment from God.
4)Irritability and hyper-anxiety 5)Insomnia and other sleep disorders 6)Eating disorders, headaches, and increased heart rate 7)Hatred for those who influenced her decision to abort 8)Over-protective or over-abusive for her future children 9)Psychological detachment and tendency to refrain from thoughts, places, and activities associated with abortion.
10)Drugs and alcohol addiction, as well as self-harming behaviors 11) Tendency to fantasize the age of the unborn baby every year on the date corresponding to date of abortion.
This is commonly called the 'Anniversary Syndrome".
The best way to deal with this syndrome is to seek medical care as soon as possible without letting the woman subjugate her depressive emotions, expecting them to heal on their own.
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