[re]defining trauma
‘YOU SAY YOU WAKE UP CRYING, YEAH AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHY’ — EVERCLEAR
TRAUMA
A sudden and forceful event that overwhelms a person's ability to respond to it; recognizing that a trauma need not involve actual physical harm to oneself
An event can be traumatic if it contradicts one's worldview and overpowers one's ability to cope
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COMPLEX TRAUMA
The exposure to multiple, often interrelated forms of traumatic experiences, interpersonal in nature, over an extended period of time AND the difficulties that arise as a result of adapting to and/or surviving these events
Complex Trauma is generally associated with childhood but can also happen in adulthood
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