26 Feb Trauma 101
Updated April, 2018.
Hey Niki, you seem upset. Everything OK?
Oh hi, Steve. Um, well, no, not really.
What’s wrong? Can I help?
I don’t really think so but maybe you can help me figure out what to do. Three months ago my cousin was in a horrible car accident. Her best friend was killed and yet she walked away from the accident with hardly a scratch.
Wow, that’s horrible. Well, horrible that she lost her friend, but good that she’s okay.
Yeah, well, I don’t really think she’s okay. That’s why I’m so upset. Since the accident, she has these horrible nightmares and she just doesn’t seem like herself anymore. She barely snaps me and we used to snap all the time. When I do get a snap from her she’s at home. She hardly goes out anymore and she just looks so sad. I’m worried about her and don’t know what to do.
Well, she’s obviously been through a really traumatic event.
Traumatic? What does that mean?
It means a difficult event that is life changing. Lots of people experience trauma and many struggle to get through it. But there is help for people who have suffered a trauma.
Really? Where? How?
Yeah really, let’s go have a coffee and talk about it.
Steve is correct that help is available for anyone who has experienced a traumatic event.
This post is designed to help you understand what trauma is in general while offering initial suggestions for managing trauma. You may also choose to read Trauma 201 which goes into more detail about childhood trauma versus adult trauma. Trauma 201 also offers additional ways to fully understand trauma and additional ways to overcome it.
Here you will learn:
Mind and body reactions to trauma
Why is my reaction so different?
Normal, but sometimes scary, responses to trauma
Bonus YSS: Post traumatic stress disorder
Bonus YSS: Trauma and the self at school
WLKHS1315
Posted at 13:11h, 11 OctoberI haven’t had a traumatic experience, I think its mostly because all through out my childhood my parents have protect both my sister and I from anything that could hurt us and do anything to us.
wlhkhs 2107
Posted at 15:25h, 01 MarchIn December 2017 I got hit by a car an for a while after had trouble crossing the street.