Trauma

Trauma is the emotional and physiological responses that occur to adverse experiences.  All individuals experience trauma in one form or another.  Trauma can involve a terrible event like an accident, sexual abuse, or a natural disaster, it can be inherited vulnerability, it can be bullying at school, etc.  

Symptoms of trauma can manifest emotionally, physically, and psychologically.  Some common symptoms can include the following:

• Anger
• Denial
• Fear
• Sadness
• Shame
• Nausea
• Altered sleep
• Changes in appetite
• Gastrointestinal problems, such as stomach pain and diarrhea
• Anxiety and Depression
• PTSD
• Dissociative disorders
• Substance and drug abuse
• Eating Disorders