What Is Trauma and How Does It Affect Mental Health?
In mental health, trauma is defined as the emotional response to experiencing or witnessing something dangerous, life-threatening, or overwhelming. Examples of traumatic events include natural disasters, combat, serious injury, abuse, and death.
There are different types of trauma and each can have differing effects on a person’s mental health. For example, a person may experience:
- Childhood trauma
- Collective trauma
- Generational trauma
- Secondary trauma
If a person’s natural coping mechanisms are not capable of handling the emotional response to a traumatic event, they may experience serious mental and physical side effects. For a young person dealing with trauma, whether from a past, recent, or current event, it’s important to know that healing is possible.
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