About Trauma
Who can expereince trauma?
Anyone
Trauma is only real if someone got in a bad accident or fought in a war
Myth; trauma can come from anywhere at any time
What video game is the best selling video game of all time?
Minecraft
What are 3 emotions that can be impacted by trauma?
Anger, sadness, loneliness, guilt, embarrassment, shame, hopelessness, happiness, worry, fear, love, etc. (pretty much any emotion you can thing of)
What is attachment?
Attachment is the bond we care to our caregivers from birth. There are different types of attachment that can for when babies are young based on how their needs were met or not met
What are the 4 most common types of trauma responses?
Fight, Flight, Fawn, Freeze
There's only one type of trauma
Myth; there are many different types of trauma from Big T traumas (abuse, war, a bad accident, etc.) to little t traumas (moving schools, divorce, moving homes, etc.) and more
How many bones are in the body of a full-grown shark?
Zero; their skeletons are made up of only cartilage
How can trauma impact the way we react and show our emotions?
Increase reactions (hyperarousal): having reactions that are too big for the situation and/or reacting quickly to things before knowing all of the information or thinking about consequences
Decreased reactions (dissociation): having no or minimal reactions or emotions, even in situations where this would be appropriate
Blame, misunderstandings, conflicting perspectives, more arguing, bigger emotional reactions, disconnect from one another, etc.
What does trauma mean?
Anything difficult, scary, upsetting, or unsafe that someone experiences
Around 70% of the world population has experienced or will expereince a traumatic event in their lifetime.
Fact
What is mindfulness?
Things like deep breathing, meditation, grounding skills, or other ways to help your mind and body feel calm and safe
What are 3 skills to communicate effectively?
What are 3 ways that trauma may impact someone's daily life?
harder to sleep, isolation from others, thinking about the traumatic event often, less interest in things they used to like, harder to trust others, feeling of depression, harder to remember things, etc.
Once the traumatic expereince is over, the effects go away
Myth; many people continue to expereince symptoms and effects related to traumatic experiences even these experiences are over.
What is the only food in the world that never spoils or goes bad?
Honey
Sometimes an environment is actually safe but does not feel safe. Felt safety is knowing and trusting that you are safe in a safe environment.
How can trauma impact communication?
The impact of trauma can be hard to understand and so it can be difficult and frustrating to talk about or explain certain things to someone else
How can you tell if someone has been through something that was traumatic?
Typically, you can't tell. Sometimes people chose to share about their experiences and sometimes they don't. But, nobody can know for sure unless the person talks about it.
There are ways to heal and move through traumatic experiences so that they don't have as much of an impact
Fact; there are certain types of therapy that are made specifically for helping people process trauma
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007
What part of the brain activates a trauma response?
Amygdala; this area controls our basic survival instincts and reacts to keep us safe
What are unhelpful patterns that can be common in relationships where one or more of the people have a history of traumatic experiences?
People-pleasing, getting attached to someone quickly, clinginess, over-dependence on others, pushing people away, ending relationships over small conflicts, shutting people out, never asking for help