What is trauma?

Trauma is the response to an overwhelmingly negative event that can cause people to lose their sense of self and values.

Google Definition.

a deeply distressing/disturbing experience,
Emotional shock following a stressful event or physical injury.

Experiences with trauma, you may have:

• Kept Secrets
• Grown-up too fast
• Been mature for your age
• Learned how to sense danger
• Engaging in self-destructive behavior
• Not trusted people
• Learned to pretend that you are okay when you weren’t
• Put your feelings aside because you need to focus on surviving.
• Experienced emotional outbursts