Children who do not receive unconditional love and an emotionally supportive environment may suffer from small T trauma, which can have a significant impact later in life. This form of trauma is more common than we realize and can be triggered by anything that reminds the individual of the original wound.
Trauma can have a positive effect on your ability to be changed by life's experiences as it opens your capacity to positive events. It has been observed that people strongly affected by negative events are also most sensitive to positive events.
Trauma can be any experience that triggers the emotional alarm system in the body, leading to lasting emotional effects on the nervous system. The impact of trauma can persist for years, causing feelings of danger and anxiety that can be triggered by seemingly innocuous events.
Dr. Nicole LePera describes the ways past trauma can trigger your nervous system, causing anxiety and controlling behavior in relationships.
The body knows and remembers every trauma, both physical and emotional, and taking off the armor could feel like death.
The definition of PTSD as a trauma is too specific and outdated. New definitions and categories have emerged to identify different symptoms, behaviors, and reactions, and new language is being created to describe trauma more accurately – such as intergenerational trauma (passed-down trauma) and collective trauma (trauma shared by a group).