# Warning/Alert! Keep eye on women who may have previously been molested - election reaction - PTSD! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-alert-keep-eye-on-women-who-may-have-previously-been-molested-election-reaction-ptsd/771869 "2016-11-13T18:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-alert-keep-eye-on-women-who-may-have-previously-been-molested-election-reaction-ptsd/771869/1 "2016-11-13T18:09:13Z")
Wow! I’m seeing some STRONG reactions to this election. With certain people being quite emotionally upset with the results. And it is the SAME reaction I have seen in people who have been sexually molested, then later had a “trigger” which made them remember the previous event(s). This condition is called PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The reaction to a trigger is called a “Panic Attack”. Basically the person becomes over stimulated/stressed and their mind shuts down. If this happens to someone you know, place them in a quiet dark room. No interruptions, no noise, no TV, etc. for a couple of hours. While they are resting, search [google.com](http://google.com) for PTSD and Panic Attack. Read, read, read! Anyway there may be some VERY upset people out there. They may feel like they have been victimized again by this election. (And I don’t blame them for feeling that way.) They may have never told anyone about this stuff before in their life.