PTSD Awareness Month 2025: Understanding, Support, Hope
June marks PTSD Awareness Month, with a special focus on 27th June, recognized as PTSD Awareness Day. This month is dedicated to raising awareness about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), promoting understanding, and encouraging those affected to seek support.
What is PTSD?
Simply put, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event(s). More common symptoms include:
Flashbacks or nightmares
Feeling anxious or on edge
Avoiding reminders of the trauma
Trouble sleeping or concentrating
Feeling numb, detached, or angry
uncontrollable thoughts about the event.
It's important to recognize that PTSD can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or background. PTSD Can also be far more complex, and symptoms differ from individual to individual too.
PTSD can develop after experiencing or witnessing something deeply frightening, distressing, or life-threatening. For young people, this could be abuse, accidents, loss, bullying, or living in unsafe environments.
The Importance of Awareness
Awareness is the first step toward understanding and supporting those with PTSD. By educating ourselves and others, we can break down the stigma associated with mental health conditions and create a more compassionate society. PTSD UK emphasizes that increasing awareness leads to better support systems and encourages individuals to seek the help they need.
How You Can Get Involved
Educate Yourself and Others: Learn about PTSD, its symptoms, and how it affects individuals. Share this knowledge with friends and family to foster understanding.
Participate in Awareness Campaigns: Engage with initiatives like PTSD UK's 25 Press Up Challenge to raise awareness and funds for PTSD support services.
Support Those Affected: If someone you know is struggling with PTSD, offer your support and encourage them to seek professional help.
Resources and Support
PTSD UK offers a range of resources to help individuals understand and cope with PTSD. These include informational materials, support networks, and guidance on seeking professional help. For more information, visit PTSD UK's website.
Why awareness matters
Too often, young people with PTSD are mislabelled as “difficult” or “disruptive,” when they’re actually struggling to manage their inner world. This awareness day reminds us to look beneath the behaviour and respond with compassion.
Our Commitment at Teenage Mental Health
At TMH, we work sensitively with young people and adults impacted by trauma. Our team is trained to provide gentle, consistent support, whether through talking therapy, creative methods, or trauma-informed approaches that help young people feel safe and in control.
This PTSD Awareness Month, let's come together to educate, support, and advocate for those affected by PTSD. By doing so, we can help build a more understanding and supportive community for everyone.
For support or more information, please contact us at Teenage Mental Health or call 01473 411324. www.teenagementalhealth.co.uk
We encourage anyone who feels stuck in the past to know: recovery is real, and you're not alone.
Helpful information sourced from, and more available via: ptsduk.org
