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Understanding Trauma

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  1. What is trauma?
  2. What is trauma?
  3. What are some experiences that can cause trauma?
  4. What are the different types of trauma?
  5. Overview of trauma impacts
  6. Impacts of trauma -feelings
  7. Impacts of Trauma
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What is trauma?

What is trauma?

 According to the Center for Mental Health and Addiction, trauma is defined as the lasting emotional response that often results from living through a distressing event.

Trauma can arise from:

  • A singular event (eg. surviving a car crash)
  • A series of events (eg. experiencing repeated physical abuse) 
  • or from certain circumstances (eg. living in a war torn country)

Additionally, a traumatic event can be something that you have experienced, or something that has affected your loved ones, or it can be something you have witnessed or been exposed to over time.