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-So, we know from a lot of studies

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that it helps decrease PTSD symptoms for people

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across a wide range of types of trauma

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and types of people.

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So, what does that mean in your life?

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Once people start to write about and confront

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the things that have been bothering them,

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what they find is that

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that starts to lift a weight off of them

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so that they can start to make some changes.

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-We've seen patients who had very restricted lives,

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who didn't leave their home,

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who had very impaired relationships,

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who weren't working

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actually go from that to a life

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in which they were thriving,

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they were now having relationships again

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with their friends and family members,

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they were now working, they were no longer symptomatic,

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or at least they were significantly less symptomatic

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than they were before.

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-Even though this treatment is pretty short, five sessions,

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people tend to get better during the treatment,

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and then they tend to continue to see improvements

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after the treatment is over, too.