Question

Mila was home alone a year ago when a flash flood ripped through her town, resulting in widespread damage and several deaths. She watched from the second story of her home while the flood waters tore down nearby homes and swept debris past only yards away. Since then, she frequently has dreams about floods, monitors weather conditions obsessively, is extremely anxious, and is unwilling to go out at all if it is raining heavily. Mila's symptoms are consistent with __

Answer 1

Answer: Post-traumatic stress disorder

Explanation:

Post-traumatic stress disorder could be defined as a scenario where an individual experiences a bad situation in life, that they were affected by the situation. When experiencing such situation, their subconscious mind is affected, this experienced situation dwells in their subconscious mind and play back images of the situation especially when same scenario or something linking to that scenario wants to happen again. So, Mila's experience and her avoidance of going out could be summed up that she's currently having a posttraumatic stress disorder from the flood event.