Trauma

Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape, or natural disaster. PTSD is one of the forms of trauma that results in severe anxiety and has the ability to debilitate daily life. Acute, Chronic, or Complex. Acute trauma results from a single incident. Chronic trauma is repeated and prolonged such as domestic violence or abuse. Complex trauma is exposure to varied and multiple traumatic events, often of an invasive, interpersonal nature.