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A traumatic event is a experience that causes psychological, physical and/or emotional stress and damage. Psychological damage can lead to physical changes in the brain and brain chemistry. This has a negative influence on a person’s ability to cope with stress.
A event can be traumatic if:
- It happened unexpectedly
- You were unprepared for it.
- It happened repeatedly.
- Someone was intentionally cruel.
- You felt powerless to prevent it.
- It happened in childhood.
Any situation that leaves one feeling alone and overwhelmed can become traumatic. People may have very different reactions to the same, stressful experience. One will be able to shrug off a bad experience while someone else may feel traumatized by it. A person’s subjective, emotional experience of a stressful event will determine whether it will become traumatic. Stressful experiences have the potential to make someone grow stronger but at the same time it can rob someone of confidence and leave them fearful and anxious . In truth, if we are able to handle stressful situations well and with confidence we are able to grow stronger . The saying ” A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor” remains an uncomfortable truth.
Here’s an example of a situation that is not only stressful but has the potential to leave a child traumatized. A ten year old girl is part of a group of friends. All seems well and they have a great time for months on end. Suddenly, without any warning or reasons given she is dropped from the group. As if this is not insult enough they start to turn on her, taunting her, sticking out tongues, turning their backs when she walks by. This situation is repeated day after day and has the potential to make a child feel devastated, helpless, ridiculed and very anxious. A child will need a lot of inner-strength and a very, very strong support-base to get through such emotional battering without being traumatized into adulthood. Sensitive, shy temperaments tend to struggle more in coping with traumatic events than outgoing personalities do. If a traumatic event is repeated throughout a persons life it becomes even more difficult to cope with. The girl mentioned here may get the message that she is unlovable and starts to incorporate this belief into her belief of herself. This can lead to depression and relationship difficulties when she is older.
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