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Intermittent Explosive Traumatic Disorder (IETD)

Byron George
3 min readJul 18, 2024

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What would you do if a close member of your family suddenly developed massive anger issues?

What if they suddenly became enraged after very minimal provocation or argument?

What if they suddenly got road rage or started slamming doors after a slight disagreement?

Maybe they have IETD, Intermittent Explosive Traumatic Disorder?

This is a mental health condition that experts have yet to concur on a particular cause. Instead, it is believed that it can occur from several factors, including physical, genetic, or even environmental conditions.

There are many signs that a relative might be suffering from this condition, and no matter whether they are old or young, they should be referred to a mental health professional.

Signs and Symptoms

Sufferers may show symptoms of changes in behavior, such as:-

Self-harming, property damaging, physical aggression, harming animals, out & out verbal defiance, and outbursts of anger.

Their thoughts and impulses occur at high speeds; they may hear echoes or develop muscular ‘twitches.’

Sufferers can show physical symptoms causing self-harm, muscular tension, high heartbeats, headaches, numbness and…

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Byron George
Byron George

Written by Byron George

Positive & sensual author; loves diversity, travel, other cultures, pan, poly whatever! LGBTQ+ Positive, Growin’ old disgracefully. www.authorbyrongeorge.com

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