Trauma Basics
True or False: people can experience more than 1 types of trauma at the same time
True.
Bonus Questions: name 2 types of trauma
True or False: trauma does not impact the body
False. Trauma can cause symptoms like shaking, sweating, headaches... trauma impact brain development and immune system functions. Trauma has an impact on physical health.
True or False. Mistrust is a reaction to trauma.
True. Trauma impacts interpersonal relationships and attachment.
Name 1 therapy modality for trauma
Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Prolonged Exposure Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Somatic therapies
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
Is this a trauma symptom? you stop liking foods you really used to like.
What is vicarious trauma?
Being traumatized by seeing/hearing about someone else going through trauma
Which nervous system is in charge of fight or flight
Sympathetic Nervous System
True or False: trauma may be the underlying problem for depression
True
What is mindfulness?
Paying attention to what is going on and not focusing on the past or the future
**Bonus: how does it help people cope with trauma?
True or False: People are more broke if they experienced trauma
False. Not necessarily. People can also grow from trauma and become more resilient.
Give 3 examples of trauma triggers
External: people place and things
Internal: feelings, sensations (sounds, taste, smells)
Which area of human brain is called the emotional brain?
Limbic system
What are the 3 core symptoms of PTSD?
Re-experiencing, avoidance, Chronic NS hyperarousal
Bonus Question: which one holds people back from healing the most
What is the window of tolerance?
the zone of arousal in which a person can function most effectively
Why might someone "not care" after trauma?
Depression, avoidance, dissociation
Describe the relationship between trauma and addiction
Bidirectional: people may start using to self medicate the pain after trauma, and addiction may bring people into more traumatic experiences
What is the amygdala’s responsibility?
What are the 4 types of trauma response?
Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn
* Bonus question: give one example of fawn
How does trauma impact your window of tolerance?
Stress and trauma shrink your window of tolerance and make it easier to get out of the window
Name 1 difference between PTSD and cPTSD
Which one of four trauma response categories does addiction most likely fall into? and why?
Flight. Addiction is a way to numb your emotions - people use drugs to run away from their feelings
What role does hippocampus play in a trauma response?
Hippocampus is in charge of memory and learning. During a traumatic experience, hippocampus is shut down, thus the full memory is not stored properly, context and details are missing. As a result, your amygdala does not know the difference between a threat then and a threat now.
Name 2 difficulties that people with cPTSD may struggle with.
Inability to regulate emotions/self-sooth
Over compartmentalized
Chronic guilt or shame
Interpersonal difficulties
Somatization
Insecure attachment
Isolation
**Bonus Question: what are the 4 attachment styles?
Name 2 tips to stay in the window
Why might someone feel shame or guilt after experiencing a trauma?
What is because they might wrongly feel they caused it or they could have stopped it.