Trauma Basics
Trauma refers to experiences that are intense, overwhelming, and involve serious loss or threat of harm to which part of a person?
Their physical and/or emotional
Trauma is defined by which person?
The individual experiencing
Trauma overwhelms a person’s ability to do what?
To cope
Name two types of trauma from orientation.
Examples: Complex trauma, historical trauma, intergenerational trauma, minority stress, racial/ethnic trauma, traumatic stress, secondary trauma, vicarious
Q: What major theme in PTSD research relates to a person feeling trapped without control?
Power and control—lack of control increases trauma response; perceived control decreases it.