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Happy Monday!
This week's theme for the podcast is: Trauma
This week we are going to speak about trauma. I thought it would be helpful to go over how it can manifest in our lives, what can cause traumatic events to affect us so badly & what we should do to recover properly.
Here are some notes from today's episode:
- This week I want to do a brief over on trauma. I myself have experienced a lot of trauma as a child & it has followed me into my adult life, causing some issues.
- I’m sure I am not alone in those feelings & experiences & thought it would be helpful to go over how trauma can affect our lives, how it can show up & what we should do about it.
- Today, let’s discuss what trauma is.
- Trauma is an emotional response to distressing events that could of happened physically, emotionally or just around you. Trauma can cause physical & emotional symptoms for a very long time after the initial event.
- There are also multiple types of trauma: Acute trauma (experienced a single event), Chronic trauma (experienced prolonged & ongoing traumatic events) & Complex trauma (experienced multiple events).
- Some of the types of experiences that can cause trauma: rape, domestic violence, general abuse, severe illness or injury, natural disaster, death of a loved one or even witnessing violence.
- And I want to make sure I mention that no matter what it was that you have gone through, it’s still very much important, relevant & matters. No one trauma is worse than another because all experiences are bad.
- Let’s talk about some symptoms that could show up after experiencing trauma & as it continues to affect you.
- Avoiding things that remind you of the trauma, including memories.
- Irritability, anger & other emotional responses to even the smallest things.
- Flashbacks to the events.
- Problems sleeping and/or bad dreams.
- Self-blame.
- Shock & denial.
- Anxiety & fear.
- Feeling disconnected & numb.
- Withdrawing from others.
- Feeling sad & hopeless.
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