• Flash backs
• Hyper-Vigilance
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Nightmares/Night terrors
• Being startled easily
• Avoiding people, places
and things associated with the memory
• Mood changes/shifts
• Poor Memory
​• Anger outburst / Irritability
• Feelings of detachment
• Difficulty sleeping
• Intrusive/unwanted thoughts
Many people who experience any kind of trauma can develop PTSD, (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). PTSD is when a person experiences the symptoms above, although symptoms can be more intense and longer lasting. However, just because someone experiences trauma does not necessarily mean this person will auto-matically develop PTSD as each individual is different.
The Memory That Keeps Giving
When you look up the term, trauma, the most common definition you will see is a psychological, emotional response, to an event or experience that is deeply distressing or disturbing. While this explains it in a nutshell, my experience and understanding have proven trauma to be much more than this description.
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I’ve found two more definitions that I capture what trauma is in an even better way: The first one described trauma as, any experience in which an individual is ill-equipped to handle. The second description of trauma is anything not nurturing.
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