The term trauma refers to a personal experience or event that turns the world upside down. The ways we have been coping will fail because the situation or feeling we are experiencing is unfamiliar and extremely stressful.
Traumatised people can suffer from a wide range of symptoms: flashbacks of the event, also known as flashbacks, nightmares. In situations reminiscent of trauma, there may be intense anxiety, a constant sense of threat, and intense physical reactions such as palpitations, rapid and shallow breathing, nausea, muscle tension and sweating, and an exaggerated emotional response out of proportion to the situation.
If we get psychological help in time, the long-term psychological damage caused by trauma can be avoided.
Processing the trauma in a safe environment helps to understand the events, emotions and body feelings, thus reducing the impact of the unpleasant, hurtful symptoms.