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Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. I want to talk about trauma. I know it can be a subject that people don’t like to discuss. I use to be that way but, I think talking about it is part of our healing process. I want to share some information about about different types of trauma, coping strategies and more detail about trauma.
Trauma is a deeply disturbing or threatening event. It is normal to feel distressed and overwhelmed. Response to trauma may be embodied by an acute stress reaction. Which is a short lived condition that develops following a traumatic event.
Signs of Trauma
Anxiety of fear of danger to self or loved ones, being alone, being in other frightening situation, having a similar event happen again.
Avoidance of situations or thoughts that remind you of the traumatic event.
Flashbacks where images of the traumatic event come into your mind suddenly for no apparent reason, or where you mentally re-experience the event.
Anger or irritability at what has happened, at the senselessness of it all, at what caused the event to happen, often asking “Why me?”
Acute Stress Reactions
Being agitated or over-active, anxiety symptoms, feeling disorientated and feeling depressed.
P.T.S.D
Nightmares about the trauma and disturbed sleep.
Avoiding things, thoughts and feeling that reminds you of the traumatic event.
Withdrawal from your friends and family.
Having depressed or irritable moody and getting angry easily.
Coping with symptoms of trauma
If you feel uncomfortable, scared, or anxious, take some long, slow breathes and remind yourself that you are safe, and that the trauma is over.
Make sure that you are doing things that are relaxing and enjoyable, be kind to yourself.
Make sure you are with people. Don’t go home to an empty house, ask a friend or relative to stay with you.
Their are three types of trauma, acute, chronic, or complex. Acute trauma results comes from a single incident. Chronic trauma is repeated and prolonged such as domestic violence or abuse. Complex trauma is exposure to varied and multiple traumatic events, often of an invasive interpersonal nature.
Psychological Trauma is considered a mental trauma. It is a damage to the mind that occurs as a result of a distressing event.
Initial reactions to trauma can include exhaustion, confusion, sadness, anxiety, agitation, numbness, dissociation, confusion, physical arousal, and blunted affect most responses are normal in that they affect most survivors and are socially acceptable, psychologically effective and self-limited.
After my mother died from cancer when I was 12 years old, I felt like my whole world got turned upside down. Dealing with trauma affected me mentally because I was young and didn’t understand what was going on in my life. As an adult its much harder for me now. I thought it would be best to take the steps of healing to help me mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually
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