There are others who will be permanently affected by a traumatic experience. You may be that person or know that person. You watch the deterioration before you and you feel the hopelessness and helplessness. Sleep is hard to attain, anger and irritability exist and there is emotional distance from others. The person withdraws from past significant activities and relationships and appears to be a shell of their former self.
Trauma does not result only from a war experience. People have accidents and people witness hold ups. Each person’s response is unique. Two people can witness the same traumatic event and only one shows clinically significant symptoms.
If you or someone you know has been traumatised by something please know that psychological therapy can help. Call us and let us listen to your story. We would like to help.
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