The term traumatic stress was coined by French psychologist Pierre Janet in 1889 after publishing the first scientific account of this disorder, claiming that, "trauma survivors are prone to continue the action, or rather the (futile) attempt at action, which began when the thing happened."When we talk about stress, we recognize that all humans experience stress, however, our reactions to stress often determine how it will affect us. Eustress is known as good stress, distress is the not-so-good stress, and traumatic stress, the worst. Using the example of overtime pay in the wildland world, most wildland firefighters rely on overtime to compensate their paychecks. The eustress of earning more money; the distress of being away from our homes and loved ones; and the traumatic stress of becoming burned out, ill, injured or losing our most precious relationships - all in the name of OT!
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