{"id":312,"date":"2015-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/how-ptsd-can-manifest-itself-in-accident-victims\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:42:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:42:26","slug":"how-ptsd-can-manifest-itself-in-accident-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/how-ptsd-can-manifest-itself-in-accident-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"How PTSD can manifest itself in accident victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a prior post, we noted how comedian Tracy Morgan settled his lawsuit with Wal-Mart stemming from the horrific crash last summer that left him severely injured and killed his best friend. We reported that Morgan was pleased that Wal-Mart \u201cstepped up\u201d and compensated him for his injuries. However, he was still emotionally scarred from losing his friend and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/51050-car-accidents-cause-ptsd.html\" target=\"_blank\"> the slow recovery process<\/a> he has endured, even a year after the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan reported having his \u201cgood days and bad days.\u201d While he did not address it specifically, these up and down days could be indicative of post traumatic stress syndrome. PTSD can haunt a person long after an accident has occurred; especially if it was particularly traumatic (i.e. there was the possibility that the person would be killed, or if someone else died in the crash).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of the more than two million people who are injured in an accident, it is estimated that nearly 30 percent will develop long lasting symptoms of PTSD, including depression and anxiety attacks. Essentially, they could have constant flashbacks of the accident, have specific triggers that brink up anxiety or become hopelessly preoccupied with the preciousness of life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/how-ptsd-can-manifest-itself-in-accident-victims\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How PTSD can manifest itself in accident victims\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a prior post, we noted how comedian Tracy Morgan settled his lawsuit with Wal-Mart stemming from the horrific crash last summer that left him severely injured and killed his best friend. We reported that Morgan was pleased that Wal-Mart \u201cstepped up\u201d and compensated him for his injuries. However, he was still emotionally scarred from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How PTSD can manifest itself in accident victims &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; June 23, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How PTSD can manifest itself in accident victims - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/how-ptsd-can-manifest-itself-in-accident-victims\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How PTSD can manifest itself in accident victims &#8212; 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