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Negative Emotions caused by Stress
Everyone experiences some form of stress every day. Stress may not be as evident on some people to others. Every individual tends to deal with stress differently to cope with everything they are dealing with at the time. High levels of negative stress, in particular, can cause an individual to experience negative emotions. A common way to regulate one's negative emotions is by adding a sense of positivity to the adverse events individuals face every day. Positive emotions serve as mediators in ensuring the regulation of negative emotions and thought amongst individuals. The ultimate goal is to downregulate negative emotions. Positive emotion can help by serving as certain goals to reach the emotional regulation processes. Stress will lead individuals to experience mood swings, depression, or even insomnia. If an individual is dealing with negative emotions or high stress, it can also lead to psychological disorders and can affect the individual's physical health. Negative emotions and stress can lead a person to experience anxiety disorders if severe, major anxiety disorders may include:

* Generalized Anxiety Disorder

* Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

* Panic Disorder

* Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

* Social Phobia

PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is one of the most common anxiety disorder caused by negative stress. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that occurs in individuals who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as childbirth, car accidents, natural disasters, abuse, combat, or terrorist attacks.

Symptoms may include; intensive and intrusive flashbacks or memories of the event that can last from a few minutes to days. Due to high levels of stress, these symptoms can lead to a person persistently being in a negative emotional state, detachment, and startled at anything that reminds them of the event. For one to be diagnosed with PTSD, the individual must show such symptoms for several months. It is difficult to diagnose a child with this disorder, but not impossible. Two-thirds of children and approximately 13.4 percent of children exposed to trauma will develop PTSD. According to the American Psychiatric Association, PTSD can occur in all people, in people of any ethnicity, nationality or culture, and any age. PTSD affects approximately 3.5 percent of U.S. adults, and an estimated one in 11 people will have PTSD in their lifetime.

Women are twice as likely as men to have PTSD. This disorder developed through classical conditioning, the event that one goes through acts as the unconditioned stimulus, answers the unconditioned response described by extreme cases of fear and stress on oneself.

Individuals that have PTSD may show signs of struggling with concentration, attention, and memory, and this can make it extremely difficult for one's learning ability. The best way to treat this disorder is by taking medication, cognitive behavior therapy, behavior therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Trauma‐focused cognitive behavioral therapy is recommended as the go-to psychological treatment for PTSD compared to the eye movement desensitization and processing method. However, The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence found through trials and reviews that both treatments are effective, but each patient is different on how well they respond to each.