Psychological traumatization
Psychological traumatization – is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter your sense of security, making you feel helpless in a dangerous world. Psychological trauma can leave you struggling with upsetting emotions, memories, and anxiety that won’t go away.
There are three types of psychological trauma to be aware of, including:
Acute trauma: This results from an individual incident and leads to emotions that are centered around that one event.
Chronic trauma: Victims of this type of trauma faced repeated exposure such as frequent domestic abuse, continued violence, or other prolonged experiences.
Complex trauma: When someone faces a variety of traumatic events that are generally personal, invasive, or damaging.
Causes/signs:
While traumatic events can happen to anyone, you’re more likely to be traumatized by an event if you’re already under a heavy stress load, have recently suffered a series of losses, or have been traumatized before – especially if the earlier trauma occurred in childhood.
Mental health trauma is ubiquitous and frequently experienced throughout the lifespan.
A frequent sequela of traumatic experiences is functional impairment, which can result in decreased quality of life, morbidity, and poorer health outcomes.
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