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Trauma and Teens
Symptoms to Trauma
Coping Skills
100

_______ and _______ trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter your sense of security, making you feel helpless in a dangerous world.

Emotional and Psychological

100

True or False:  A teens responses to ABNORMAL events are NORMAL

True

100
  • Guilt, shame, self-blame
  • Withdrawing from others
  • Feeling sad or hopeless
  • Feeling disconnected or numb

Emotional and Psychological Symptoms to trauma

100

Coping skills...

help you tolerate, minimize, and deal with stressful situations in life

200

When fight, flight or freeze reactions are set in motion, the body prepares to respond to threat by sending more resources (e.g., blood and oxygen) to vital organs and conserving resources in others.

True

200

Emotional and psychological trauma can be caused by a one time event

True

200

________  _________reactions include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships and even physical symptoms like headaches or nausea

Longer term

200

True or False:  Therapeutic coloring helps to reduce the thoughts of a restless mind 

True

300

When a trauma happens a person is able to think "clearly".

False

300

More than ____ of children reported at least 1 traumatic event by age 16

2/3 (approximately 66%)

300
  • Shock, denial, or disbelief
  • Confusion, difficulty concentrating
  • Anger, irritability, mood swings
  • Anxiety and fear

Emotional and Psychological Symptoms to trauma

300
  • Sit comfortably with your back straight. Put one hand on your chest and the other on your stomach.
  • Breathe in through your nose. The hand on your stomach should rise. The hand on your chest should move very little.
  • Exhale through your mouth, pushing out as much air as you can while contracting your abdominal muscles. The hand on your stomach should move in as you exhale, but your other hand should move very little.
  • Continue to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Try to inhale enough so that your lower abdomen rises and falls. Count slowly as you exhale.

How to practice deep breathing

400

Emotional and psychological trauma can be caused by a one time event


True

400

True or False:  The majority of children and adolescents manifest resilience in the aftermath of traumatic experiences. This is especially true of single-incident exposure 

True

400
  • Insomnia or nightmares
  • Fatigue
  • Being startled easily
  • Difficulty concentrating

Physical symptoms to trauma

400

A is a two-step process in which you systematically tense and relax different muscle groups in the body 

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

500

Exposure to community violence can have a serious psychosocial impact in children and adolescents.

True

500

True or False:  It is uncommon for teens who experience trauma to have reactions to the trauma. 

False

500
  • Racing heartbeat
  • Edginess and agitation
  • Aches and pains
  • Muscle tension

Physical responses to trauma

500

True or False: Rhythmic exercises such as running, swimming, or dancing gets you into a flow of repetitive movement can produce the relaxation response

True