Sometimes a single event can be traumatising and sometimes trauma is the result of a series of difficult experiences. The traumatising event(s) may have happened recently or many years ago. The symptoms of trauma can begin immediately following a traumatic experience or surface much later. Each person responds to life events in their own way.
Examples of psychological and emotional trauma include experiencing violence, experiencing physical or sexual abuse (as an adult or a child), witnessing the abuse or violence of other people, catastrophic events (like war or natural disasters) and accidents. The loss of a person can be traumatic for some people and life transitions like moving home or leaving one’s culture can have a traumatic impact on some people’s lives. Throughout life, there are many experiences that some people might find traumatic.
Difficult experiences can leave us feeling overwhelmed, confused and afraid. In a state of trauma our bodies can respond in ways they didn’t before. This can be unsettling and very frightening.
The symptoms of trauma include rage, flashbacks, anxiety, depression, nightmares, insomnia, panic attacks, disturbing thoughts or feelings and emotional detachment. Some people re-experience the traumatic event both psychologically and physically. Each person experiences trauma differently and the symptoms of trauma can vary significantly between individuals.
Trauma is not always the result of physical harm. It’s not the objective facts that determine whether an experience is traumatic, but the subjective emotional response of the person experiencing the event.
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Trauma therapy can help untangle the complex emotions and fears that trauma survivors often describe. The concept of therapy can be daunting for trauma survivors as they often fear therapy will trigger difficult feelings around the traumatic events of their life.
A common fear is that trauma therapy will be as frightening as the original traumatic experiences. A competent, experienced therapist will support trauma survivors carefully, facilitating a process that can help restore a sense of safety and control in the trauma sufferer’s life.
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