Trauma
True Or False: Trauma can affect your emotions and behavior.
True
What is intergenerational trauma?
A) A tradition passed down
B) A game families play
C) Pain and trauma passed through families
D) A way to practice culture
→ C) Pain and trauma passed through families
What can resiliency be compared to?
A. A stone
B. A rubber band
C. A sponge
D. A balloon
B) A rubber band
What is a trigger?
A) A fun experience
B) Something that reminds you of a past hurt or scary event
C) A type of sport
D) A coping skill people use to stay calm
B) Something that reminds you of a past hurt or scary event
True or False: Culture and land have no effect on healing from trauma.
→ False
What is trauma?
A) A type of sport
B) A hurtful or scary experience
C) A happy memory
D) A type of dance
B) A hurtful or scary experience
5. Which of these is an example of trauma?
A) Being yelled at often
B) Moving to a new home
C) Losing a loved one
D) All of the above
D)All of the above
True or False: Trauma from residential schools stopped when the schools closed.
→ False
Multiple Choice: What is resiliency?
A) Letting problems control how you act/feel
B) Ignoring your emotions
C) Bouncing back after hard times
D) Getting hurt again
C) Bouncing back after hard times
True or False: Trauma always happens from one big event.
False: it can happen from small events as well
What caused a lot of trauma in Indigenous communities?
A) Practicing cultural traditions
B) Family traditions
C) Sports and games
D) Residential schools and colonization
→ D) Residential schools and colonization
Kira walks into a hospital and starts feeling overwhelmed and anxious. She remembers when she lost someone she loved in that same place.
What is Kira’s trigger?
A place- the hospital
7. Which of these is not a common reaction to trauma?
A) Fast heartbeat or stomach aches
B) Feeling confused or angry
C) Wanting to talk to lots of people
D) Trouble focusing or learning
C) Wanting to talk to lots of people
Kayden is doing a group activity at school, but no one asks him to join their group. He suddenly feels sad and quiet. It reminds him of being left out a lot when he was in foster care.
What is Kayden’s trigger?
Feeling- left out / Being excluded in a group