Growing Strong in Wounded Places

Trauma--those overwhelming tragedies of life, come in all shapes & sizes

•  Single incidents --accident, fire or random act of violence.

• Natural disasters--flood, fire, earthquake, hurricane, volcano
•  Multiple events over time-- physical or sexual abuse or neglect.
• In the line of duty--compassion fatigue & miltary deployment
• Developmental traumas--gaps in growth & development due to missing  experiences from earlier life stages.

Symptoms

If you have experienced trauma you may have some of these problems:

• Trouble sleeping
  
• Nightmares
• Flashbacks of the event
• Feeling" On Guard"
• Anxiety around triggering events
• Spacing out or disconnecting

Many people suffer with these kinds of concerns for years without realizing that help is available.
    

Trauma & the Body

The memory of trauma is stored in neural patterns in the body. Traumatic memory can lay dormant for months or years until a triggering event brings it to life--activating a fight, flight, freeze response, or a whole system shut down, which is experienced as numbness or a sense of disconnection from the body.

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