Trauma Basics
A deeply distressing or disturbing experience that affects how a person feels, thinks, or behaves
What is trauma?
A fast heartbeat or feeling shaky is a ______ reaction
What is physical?
How we handle stress or difficult situations is called ______.
What is coping?
After trauma, people may feel less ______ in the world.
What is safe?
Trauma can make people feel ______ or out of control.
What is helpless/powerless?
Trauma is usually caused by something that happens to you, not something you ______
What is choose/do?
Trouble focusing or remembering things is a ______ reaction.
What is mental?
Talking to someone or going for a walk are examples of ______ coping.
What is healthy/helpful?
Trauma reactions are shaped by what happened and what you ______ it means.
What is think/believe?
Sudden strong emotions connected to trauma are called emotional ______.
What are flashbacks?
Do people respond to trauma the same way or in different ways?
What is different ways?
Feeling sad, angry, or numb is an ______ reaction.
What is emotional?
A coping skill that helped before might not always ______ anymore.
What is help/work?
Beliefs are ideas we have about ourselves, other people, and how the world ______.
What is works/is?
Healing often involves ups and downs and does not follow a ______ path/process.
What is straight/linear?
Trauma can change how a person sees themselves, others, and their ______
What is life/world?
Avoiding people or places is a ______ reaction.
What is behavioral?
It’s helpful to have many coping ______ to handle different situations.
What are tools/skills?
Thinking in extremes like “all good or all bad” is called ______ thinking.
What is all-or-nothing?
Setting your personal limits on what feels right and comfortable with a particular person in a particular situation is called having ______.
What are boundaries?
Trauma can affect your body, mind, emotions, and ______
What is behavior?
Feeling disconnected or “not in your body” is called ______.
What is dissociation?
When stress is high, people often go back to their usual coping ______.
What are patterns/habits?
Trust is not all-or-nothing—it can change depending on the situation and level of ______.
What is risk/need?
A key part of healing is learning to replace self-blame with self-______ and understanding.
What is compassion?