PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF PTSD AND TRAUMA OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AND PERSONS AFFECTED BY COMBAT STRESS

Abstract

Based on the psychological and axiological approach, the article presents the results of an empirical study of adults' experience of post-traumatic stress disorder and the identification of psychological features of the negative consequences of PTSD and trauma in military personnel and combat stress victims. It is proved that today it is impossible to provide effective assistance to servicemen and women affected by combat operations and military trauma, if we do not take into account the clear specificity of the value and meaning aspects of combat traumatization and the formation of traumatized identity in different groups of trauma victims. That is why it is necessary to have a specific and special understanding of the psychological characteristics of traumatization as a result of combat and military trauma. It is established that the study of “post-traumatic disorder”, which allows for the presence of trauma in the “structure of the psyche”, is carried out with the help of a specially selected “complex of clinical and psychological methods”, while the military or a person who was exposed to a stressor is usually not aware of the connection between the “symptoms” of his or her condition and the “traumatic impact”. Based on the qualitative analysis of the study, it is stated that the use of the “psychological and axiological approach” in the rehabilitation of combat stress victims with “long-term consequences of stressful effects” will allow for a comprehensive impact and will help combat stress victims improve or normalize their mental and valuebased personal characteristics. This, in turn, will lead to a reduction in situational and personal anxiety, stress and depression, and will enable combat stress survivors to use all channels equally for their social, psychological and physical adaptation.