Can you cause your own trauma?
Potentially traumatic events can be caused by a singular occasion, or from ongoing, relentless stresses. A potentially traumatic event is more prone to leave an individual with longer-lasting emotional and psychological trauma if: The individual was unprepared for the event.
Are you ever the same after trauma?
“Trauma is different for everyone,” Choi says. But two of the more common reactions, she says, are feeling very strong emotions or feeling little. “You might have overwhelming negative emotions or not be able to stop crying. On the other hand, you might feel numb and unable to experience pleasure or pain,” she says.
Can one experience trauma-related problems without trauma?
However, one generally does not experience trauma-related problems without … trauma. Life experiences do not occur in a vacuum, and trauma-related concerns are certainly no exception.
How does trauma affect a person’s resilience?
However, the likelihood of ongoing struggles increases as the amount and severity of exposure to trauma increases. So, a person’s history of trauma and learned coping skills combines with his or her genetic constitution to create that person’s level of risk and resilience.
Can we reduce suffering from traumatic experiences?
Both before and after traumatic incidents, there are interventions that we have identified that we know can meaningfully reduce suffering; this being so, it seems worth the effort to continue pursuing them as best we can, in spite of the imperfect state of our knowledge. © Copyright 2015 GoodTherapy.org.
Can a single car accident lead to trauma?
This is not to say that people who experience a single car accident do not develop significant problems; they can and, unfortunately, sometimes do. However, the likelihood of ongoing struggles increases as the amount and severity of exposure to trauma increases.