Symptoms of Trauma
Who is Timothy Leary!
Turn on, tune in and drop out.
Trauma that occurs in childhood does not affect an individual when they become an adult.
FALSE!
These are examples of re-experiencing the trauma..
What are:
-Nightmares
-Flashbacks (uncontrollable vivid images and memories of the trauma)
-Distressing thoughts and feelings about the trauma
-Emotional distress or physical responses after experiencing a trauma
This therapy works by identifying and challenging unhealthy thinking patterns that contribute to the symptoms of trauma.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
The amygdala sets off what?
What is the fight or flight response?
Individuals who experienced trauma tend to have an exaggerated or unexaggerated startle response?
What is exaggerated?
A stress response is a healthy part of being human.
TRUE!
Individuals who experienced trauma tend to avoid what?
What are activities related to the trauma, people, places or things related to the trauma and avoidance of conversations about the trauma?
This can be used to manage the symptoms of trauma (ie. anxiety, depression and insomnia).
An overactive, hypervigilant amygdala can occur from _________ stress or trauma?
What is continual?
A vivid experience in which you relive some aspects of a traumatic event or feel as if it is happening right now.
What is a FLASHBACK?
There is no treatment for trauma.
FALSE!
Excessive blame toward oneself or others related to the trauma
Loss of interest in activities
Feelings of isolation or disconnection from surroundings
Loss of memory related to the trauma
Excessive negative thoughts about oneself or the world
Are examples of what?
What are negative thoughts or feelings?
During exposure therapy, the patient is exposed to reminders of their trauma in a gradual, safe way. With enough exposure, the trauma begins to lose its emotional power, and the symptoms diminish.
What chemical floods the brain during stressful or traumatic events?
What is cortisol?
Distressing _________ and other sleep problems can be symptoms of trauma.
The world can feel unsafe even in safe settings for individuals who experienced trauma.
TRUE
Suppressing thoughts related to trauma, use of drugs or alcohol are two examples of this common reaction to trauma.
What is avoidance.
This kind of therapy involved creativity that bypasses the individuals conscious thinking and allows them to explore their trauma externally.
What is art therapy?
The most common responses to a stressful situation are:
What are the Fight, flight, freeze or submit responses?
Individuals tend to have these feelings regarding the traumatic event..
What is self-blame, guilt and/or shame?
Someone who experienced trauma once cannot be effected by trauma again?
FALSE!
*Past traumas are actually a risk factor for trauma.
What is:
-Becoming irritable, quick to anger or aggression
-Heightened startle reaction
-Difficulty concentrating
-Difficulty sleeping
-Feelings of anxiety, and related symptoms (racing heartbeat)
-Risky or impulsive behaviors
EMDR
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)?
*A psychotherapy that enables people to heal from emotional distressful trauma. The therapist directs eye movements and recalling distressing events.
Being exposed to traumatic events on a regular basis can effect our ______?
What is memory?