Trauma - not always what you think

[moimeme]

Recent research has revealed that emotional trauma can result from such common occurrences as an auto accident, the breakup of a significant relationship, a humiliating or deeply disappointing experience, the discovery of a life-threatening illness or disabling condition, or other similar situations. Traumatizing events can take a serious emotional toll on those involved, even if the event did not cause physical damage.

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/emotional_psychological_trauma.htm

[Arabess]

I think most people who have suffered from an emotional trauma would just as soon had a leg broken. It heals faster and hurts less.

[HokeyReligions]

Good info – thanks for the link. I think it is interesting how the structure of the brain was phrased. The cortex – the most recently EVOLVED portion of the brain.

 

I agree with Arabess – I would rather have had every bone in my body broken, or go through heart surgery, or anything physical than go through emotional trauma. With a physical trauma one can at least have a healing progression and know where they stand in their recovery.

 

From the article: "If we become frozen in a state of active emotional intensity, we are experiencing an emotional trauma – even though sometimes we may not be consciously aware of the level of distress we are experiencing."

 

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From the article: "Developing symptoms is never a sign of weakness"

 

This was/is very difficult for me. I felt like I was weak after my daughter died and a year had passed. People treated me like I should be over it by now and I felt like I was weak and ineffectual and I was embarrassed by my seeming inability to ‘bounce back’ to my pre-trauma state. I still experience some of the symptoms and probably always will. There is no going back to the way things were before for me. And that is something that is true for a lot of people no matter what the trigger for their emotional trauma. Instead of healing we tend to hide the symptoms so that we are treated better and accepted more. But the trauma and the symptoms still exist.