Trauma

What Is Trauma?

There is emotional trauma and physical trauma. We sometimes think of trauma as something people experience on the battle field. When soldiers come back from war they have traumatic symptoms we hear it called PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is very true and a very real issues we see in our offices on a regular basis.
However many people do not realize that trauma occurs in other parts of life as well. When someone experiences a disaster in life, sexual abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, infidelity, or some other life stress of pain it can be traumatizing. These same events can cause PTSD symptoms.
Personal trauma is often described as life being turned upside down. Your very reality is shaken. Your identity is ruptured. It can be hard to make sense of things.