3. An anxiety disorder that develops following a traumatic experience, such as near-
death experiences, rape, war, or natural disasters.
Experiencing or witnessing out-of-control events
The factors that influence whether or not a person will develop this disorder
include the proximity, duration, and severity of the trauma
4. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
The onset of symptoms
may immediately follow the event
or occur weeks, sometimes
even months, later.
Symptoms include reliving the
traumatic experience in dreams or
thoughts, irritability, insomnia, and
hyper-alertness, inability to
concentrate, depression, and a
detachment from others.
Researchers suggest that only
about 8% develop PTSD.
5.
6. Jessica Jones: a private investigator with
super human strength and limited flight,
suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome,
Jessica wants to do good, but her primary
interest isn't in saving the world, it's saving her
apartment and getting through each day
Jeri: is a high dollar lawyer, powerful ally to
Jones
Trish: is Jessica's adoptive sister, the best
friend
Kilgrave: has mind control powers,
Jessica's abuser in season one
Malcolm: a neighbor to Jessica in the
building, former drug addict, also works for
Jessica as her secretary
Jessica Jones
8. Connection
Jessica was in a car accident as a
young child, was told that her brother
and both parents were killed in the car
accident
Kilgrave sexually assaulted her, and
she was forced to use her powers for
evil with his mind control
These two incidents are believed to have
caused her PTSD
9. Connection
Turns to alcohol instead of
talking about the issues at hand
(Studies show PTSD and
substance use problems are
strongly related)
10. Connection
Jessica has violent outbursts of
anger towards others,
sometimes uncontrolled where
others have had to stop her
(PTSD tend to experience
irritability and anger)
11. Connection
Isolation, sheltered, and private,
Jessica tries to avoid people when
things get difficult or if anything
personal comes up
PTSD: the individual will usually begin to
slowly start cutting themselves off from
society
12. Connection
Jessica pushing people like Malcolm and Trish
away that try to help her (PTSD can hamper
cooperative problem solving, ... often choose
avoiding closeness and pushing loved ones
away)
13. Connection
"Knowing it's real means
you gotta make a
decision. One, keep
denying it. Or two... do
something about it."
