Trauma Basics
This term refers to distressing childhood experiences that overwhelm a child’s ability to cope
childhood trauma
This is the ability to understand and share another person’s feelings
empathy
Trauma may cause a person to feel emotionally numb, distrustful, or constantly alert for danger. This alert state is called this
hypervigilance
This part of the brain acts like a fear alarm system and can become hyperactive after trauma
amygdala
Physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and severe bullying are all examples of this
examples of childhood trauma
This type of empathy means actually feeling what another person feels.
emotional empathy
Childhood trauma may increase the risk of aggression, antisocial behaviour, substance abuse, and this.
delinquency
This part of the brain helps with decision-making and impulse control, but trauma can weaken its functioning.
prefrontal cortex
Trauma can change how children see these three things: themselves, other people, and ______
the world
This type of empathy means understanding why another person feels a certain way, even if you do not feel it yourself.
cognitive empathy
This brain ability allows people to rebuild empathy by forming new neural connections over time
neuroplasticity
When the brain focuses on self-protection, it may prioritize survival first and this second
empathy