World
What comes to you mind when you hear the word "Trauma"
Trauma can be loud, obvious, violent or can be quite slow burning or invisible.
What makes something traumatic is not the event itself , but the impact it leves on the body brain and sense itself.
For many people, Trauma is war, abuse, accidents or disaster and yes absolutely traumatic events.
But Trauma is not just what happens to you, it is also what happens inside you as a result.
Trauma can be a wound emotional, spiritual, psychological or physical that has not healed, or an experience that overwhelmed your ability to cope.
Something that made you feel powerless, broken unsafe and out of mind, whether others saw it or not, or a memeory and feeling or action that keeps resurfacing without your permission.
Trauma is not a weakness, and it is not always visible to others.
Some people suffer loudly, through panics, breakdowns and outbursts or reaching out to others for help
others suffer in silence behind smiles in quiet places or while suceeding in their careers.
Suffering in silence doesn't mean a person is okay, sometimes it means they learned to keep their pain hidden, or maybe speaking up did not help
When Pain speaks Out
Other people confront their trauma head on, others cry, go to therapy, journal, talk about it online with
friends, even when it is messy, uncomfortable, shameful or misunderstood by others.
This kind of Trauma is powerful, it is not easy either. It takes vulnerability. It can bring shame and judgment.
It often requires deep courage to even begin
There is no right way to cope, everyone reacts differently some are loud, some are quite, some freeze, some run some hide and some even pass on
Trauma changes people
Some wounds bleed outside and some bleed inside. Both need care