TRAUMA

TRAUMA

WHAT HAPPENS

Trauma, is not what happens to the person, it is what is happening to the person

TRAUMATIC EVENT

Trauma, incident or event that causes physical, psychological, emotional, or spiritual harm.

TRAUMATIC MEMORY

Formed after the event or incident, causing high emotional arousal and stress.

TRAUMA

The effect of the traumatic memory and traumatic memory upon the persons psychology, emotionality, social circumstance and physicality

COURSE

Trauma can last a very long time after the originating event or incident, trauma is an ongoing source of pain triggerable by the slightest stimulus.

PERSONAL FUNCTIONING

Trauma dictates behaviour, shapes social habits, decreases coping skills, informs thinking – reduces capacity for rational thought, ruins social relationships.

CONTROL

Trauma can dominate all other experiences, can spoil the mindful moment.

SIGNIFICANCE

Trauma crushes a person’s self-worth, poisons relationships, undermines the person’s appreciation for life.

EFFECT

Trauma effects people’s view of the world becomes distorted, trauma keeps people stuck in the past.

BLIND SPOT

Trauma is the blind spot that prevents people from doing something about trauma, through impeded functioning Trauma, hinders its own treatment.

DEFENCE

People suppress Trauma, not to be harmed again, people normalise the Trauma, and become accustomed to it.

NORMAL

Normalising Trauma, prevents people from doing something about it

MENTAL ILLNESS

Trauma, causes symptoms of mental illness, that lead to mental illness diagnosis.

SUFFERING

Suffering is the consequence of not dealing with the Trauma, 

TREAT TRAUMA

People have choices and they can exercise those choices.

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