Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional. The content in this article is not a substitute for a licensed mental health professional.
Through my own experience with PTSD, coming face to face with your trauma is something I never wanted to do.
Who wants to talk about some of the worst days of your life? I can't speak for everyone with PTSD, but my biggest struggle was even talking about what caused my PTSD.
Even though I didn't want to face it and felt safer not facing it, there were still consequences. The traumatic events that I experienced affected every part of my life, from my social life to my work life to my relationships with everyone and myself.
But understanding the trauma behind my PTSD was vital for me to heal.
So, to understand PTSD further, let's look into what trauma is.
What is Trauma?
Trauma can and will look different for everyone. Many aspects of trauma may be misunderstood. For one, at any age, trauma can occur.
As we know, trauma can look different for every person. To dive a little deeper into trauma, we have to understand different types of trauma.
There are many different types of trauma, so this list is not all-inclusive. But it's essential to understand the broad scale of how trauma can look, so here are a couple of examples.
Trauma can take many different forms and look different from person to person. No two people will experience the same lasting effects from trauma. The traumatic events that may have caused someone to develop PTSD are what the person will live with.
Trauma can come in many different ways and look different for everybody. From a shared experience, such as a global pandemic, to trauma we experience in childhood can all qualify as trauma.
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