Trauma

What is Trauma?

Trauma refers to the emotional and physiological impact of experiences that overwhelm a person’s ability to cope. These experiences may involve threat, loss, neglect, or ongoing stress. Trauma is not defined only by what happened, but by how the nervous system responded. Its effects can persist long after events have passed, shaping emotions, beliefs, and relationships in subtle or disruptive ways.

How Trauma Affects Your Life

Trauma can affect how safe the world feels. People may experience anxiety, emotional numbness, hypervigilance, or difficulty trusting others.

Daily functioning, relationships, and self image may be impacted. Trauma responses are adaptive, yet they can become limiting when the danger is no longer present.

Complex Trauma

What is Complex Trauma?

Complex trauma refers to the long term impact of repeated or ongoing traumatic experiences, often occurring within relationships where safety, care, or trust should have been present. Unlike single event trauma, complex trauma shapes emotional development, identity, and nervous system regulation over time. People may struggle with emotional overwhelm, numbness, unstable relationships, or a deep sense of shame. The effects are adaptive responses to prolonged stress, not signs of weakness or failure.

How Complex Trauma Affects Your Life

Complex trauma can influence many areas of life simultaneously. Emotions may feel intense, unpredictable, or disconnected, making it difficult to feel stable or safe. Relationships are often challenging, with patterns of mistrust, fear of abandonment, or difficulty setting boundaries.

Many people experience chronic anxiety, low mood, dissociation, or a harsh inner critic. Daily functioning can be affected through exhaustion, difficulty concentrating, or feeling constantly on edge. Because these patterns develop slowly, individuals may not realise trauma is at the root of their struggles.

Childhood Trauma

What is Childhood Trauma?

Childhood trauma refers to distressing or overwhelming experiences that occur during early development, when emotional and psychological systems are still forming. These experiences may include neglect, abuse, loss, instability, or chronic stress. Childhood trauma does not only affect memory of events, it shapes how the nervous system learns safety, connection, and self worth. Its effects can continue into adulthood, even when the events feel distant.

How Childhood Trauma Affects Your Life

Unresolved childhood trauma often influences adult emotions and relationships. People may struggle with trust, boundaries, or fear of rejection, without understanding why.

Common effects include anxiety, shame, emotional numbing, people pleasing, or difficulty expressing needs. Many individuals function well outwardly while feeling internally unsafe or disconnected.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD]

What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly known as PTSD, is a trauma related condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a life threatening or overwhelming event. PTSD involves persistent nervous system activation, intrusive memories, emotional distress, and avoidance. These symptoms are not signs of weakness, they are protective responses that remain active long after danger has passed.

How PTSD Affects Your Life

PTSD can affect emotional wellbeing, relationships, and daily functioning. People may experience flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, or emotional numbing.

Concentration, sleep, and trust may suffer, leading to isolation and exhaustion. Many individuals structure life around avoiding triggers, which can limit freedom and connection.

Domestic Abuse And Intimate Partner Violence

What is Domestic Abuse And Intimate Partner Violence?

Domestic abuse and intimate partner violence refer to patterns of controlling, coercive, or harmful behaviour within a close relationship. Abuse may be emotional, psychological, physical, sexual, financial, or digital, and often involves fear, manipulation, and loss of autonomy. These experiences can deeply affect emotional safety, self worth, and trust. Abuse is never caused by the person experiencing it, and its impacts can persist long after the relationship ends.

How Domestic Abuse And Intimate Partner Violence Affects Your Life

Living with abuse often creates chronic stress and hypervigilance. Many people feel constantly on edge, confused, or emotionally exhausted. Decision making becomes difficult when safety, finances, or children are involved.

Survivors may experience anxiety, depression, shame, sleep problems, and isolation. Relationships with friends and family can suffer due to fear, secrecy, or control by a partner. Even after leaving, emotional and nervous system responses may continue, affecting confidence and future relationships.

  1. Abuse [All Forms]
  2. Attachment Wounds
  3. Bereavement
  4. Grief

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