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Trauma 2
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What is the second cutest animal?
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What is Trauma?
A scary, dangerous, violent, or life threatening event that happens to someone.
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What is Child Sexual Abuse?
- The exploitation of a child to meet the sexual or emotional needs of an adult or older child.
- Child sexual abuse is when a child is exposed to sexual information that they are too young to understand.
- It is rare that a child is abused by a stranger; usually a child is abused by someone they know.
- It is never the child's fault. Children are not responsible for being abused.
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How often are kids have experienced abuse or neglect?
- Unfortunately, at least 1 in 7 children have experienced child abuse and/or neglect in the past year, and this is likely an underestimate.
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Who is responsible for the abuse?
The adult who perpetrated the abuse is responsible. The kid is never responsible for being abused
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What might someone feel if they've been abused?
- Sadness, disbelief, fear, guilt, anger, confusion, regret, numb, anxious, depressed...
- There are many emotions that someone could feel. All of them are natural responses to abuse.
- It is important to remember that the abuse your experienced is not your fault. You are not to blame for the abuse that has happened.
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What type of trauma are there?
- Physical abuse
- Psychological abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Neglect
- Witnessing domestic violence
- Natural disasters
- Serious accidents (like car crash)
- More than can be listed here
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How do people react to trauma?
- Can’t stop thinking about traumatic event even if you don’t want to
- Feeling like they’re in a dream
- Blaming self for what happened
- Change in appetite, change in sleeping, nightmares
- Low self-esteem
- Touching others in sexual way
- Pulling away from people. Or the opposite, always want to be around people
- Avoiding things, people, or places that reminds them of the trauma
- Trouble with memory
- Depressed, anxious, angry, irritability
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How do people heal from trauma?
- Talking about it with trusted adults
- Therapy
- Self care
- Deep breathing
- Sleep
- Eating
- Drinking enough water
- relaxing
- Art
- Giving yourself permission to not be perfect
- Learning about mental health through official sources