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''' | '''Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)''' was not recognized as a disease until 1980, when the American Psychiatric Association created a new classification of disease.<ref name="dsm1980">{{REFbook | ||
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===Child circumcision as a traumatizing event=== | ===Child circumcision as a traumatizing event=== | ||
When an infant boy is to be circumcised, it is the usual practice to immobilize the infant for the [[Pain| painful]] surgery by securely tying his limbs to a molded plastic board specially made for that purpose called a [[circumstraint]]. The infant thus is preventing from fighting or fleeing, which is the [[trauma]]-producing situation of ''inescapable [[shock]]'', described as a "''physical condition in which the organism cannot do anything to affect the inevitable''."<ref name="vanderkolk2014B">{{REFbook | When an infant boy is to be [[circumcised]], it is the usual practice to immobilize the infant for the [[Pain| painful]] surgery by securely tying his limbs to a molded plastic board specially made for that purpose called a [[circumstraint]]. The infant thus is preventing from fighting or fleeing, which is the [[trauma]]-producing situation of ''inescapable [[shock]]'', described as a "''physical condition in which the organism cannot do anything to affect the inevitable''."<ref name="vanderkolk2014B">{{REFbook | ||
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* Flashbacks—reliving the traumatic event, and feeling like it happening right now including physical symptoms such as a racing heart or sweating. | * Flashbacks—reliving the traumatic event, and feeling like it happening right now including physical symptoms such as a racing heart or sweating. | ||
* Reoccurring memories or nightmares related to the event. | * Reoccurring memories or [[nightmares]] related to the event. | ||
* Distressing and intrusive thoughts or images. | * Distressing and intrusive thoughts or images. | ||
* Physical sensations like sweating, trembling, pain or feeling sick. | * Physical sensations like sweating, trembling, pain or feeling sick. | ||
Thoughts and feelings can trigger these symptoms, as well as words, objects, or situations that are reminders of the event. | Thoughts and feelings can trigger these symptoms, as well as words, objects, or situations that are reminders of the event. | ||
===Alertness and Reactivity Symptoms=== | ===Alertness and Reactivity Symptoms=== | ||
You may be ‘jittery’, or always alert and on the lookout for danger. You might suddenly become angry or irritable. | You may be ‘jittery’, or always alert and on the lookout for danger. You might suddenly become angry or irritable. | ||
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{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)]] | |||
* [[Circumstraint]] | * [[Circumstraint]] | ||
* [[Pain]] | * [[Pain]] | ||
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|quote=It’s normal for children to exhibit some of these behaviors in the first weeks after a significant trauma occurs. But if the behaviors persist more than 3 months after the initial event, treatment may be needed. | |quote=It’s normal for children to exhibit some of these behaviors in the first weeks after a significant trauma occurs. But if the behaviors persist more than 3 months after the initial event, treatment may be needed. | ||
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|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CityCrusherYT/comments/1p16jt1/male_circumcision_mgm_and_ptsd/ | |||
|title=Male circumcision (MGM) and PTSD | |||
|last=Anonymous | |||
|publisher=REDDIT | |||
|date=2025-11-19 | |||
|accessdate=2025-11-23 | |||
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{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||