Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after some very traumatic events and catastrophes. For example; wars, murders, natural disasters, car or plane crashes, terrorist attacks, rape...You and your mind are stuck with fearful memories that make you depressed and scared. Even though it's not easy to get rid of this disorder there are some possible treatments for PTSD. In my opinion the best way is to deal with what have happened to you. You should try to reconcile with it because it helps you to reduce the memory of trauma from your life. Some people try to avoid this memory and find a way to forget that terrible event but actually this makes it even worse.
There are several treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder:
1. Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy.
This treatment tries to carefully and slowly expose the thoughts and feelings that make you feel sad and remind you of trauma.
2. Family therapy
This therapy tries to create a better relationship with your close family in order to help you to deal with PTSD. It tries to improve the communication and understanding between the family members.
3.Medication
Medication uses antidepressants to make you feel less sad and depressed. It can also reveal secondary symptoms of anxiety.
4. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
This cognitive-behavioral therapy uses eye movements and other forms of rhythmic stimulation to ''unfreeze'' the brain’s information processing system. This brain system is often affected with PTSD and stress. 
Sources:
"Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)." Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Symptoms, Treatment and Self-Help. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2012. <http://www.helpguide.org/mental/post_traumatic_stress_disorder_symptoms_treatment.htm>.
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