Understanding Trauma

Majority of people (about 70%) will experience at least one traumatic event in their life. What defines and event as traumatic varies from person to person. A traumatic event is any event that leaves a person feeling unsafe in some way. Two people may experience the same event and that event could be traumatic to one person, but not the other. What determines whether an event is traumatic or not depends a lot on an individual's own experience and the support they have to move through the traumatic event and the aftermath.

Checkout this short video from Psych Hub to learn more about what trauma is and how to recognize how trauma may effect you in your day to day life.   

While there will be places to type your responses to some questions throughout this path, I encourage you to also keep a record of your answers so that you can further reflect on them and see how your responses may change over time as you learn to regulate your nervous system and trauma responses.