Trauma is a situation where a person is physically or mentally injured as a result of a direct or indirect experience, and is shaken by emotions such as fear and helplessness. Traumas arouse negative emotions in the person, they are memories that we sometimes repress to protect ourselves, and they often affect our emotions and behaviors.
Apart from sudden events, negative experiences that people experience for a long time can also cause trauma. For example, let's take the issue of your father coming home drunk every day when you were a child. Your father returning home drunk one night may not have meant anything to you as a child. But as the process continues, you may have had a neglected childhood or experienced violence. In such a case, your childhood memories may turn into traumatic memories. Many situations such as witnessing an event that will shake you, abuse, domestic violence, fire, accident, death can cause trauma.
Traumas have long-lasting effects. Sometimes it causes big changes in your behavior, and sometimes you can see its effects on your self-perception. Even a trauma you experienced as a child can have a devastating effect on both your social and emotional relationships. In addition, since it reduces our ability to cope with stress, we feel weak and powerless in stressful situations and allow the feeling of helplessness to take over us in the face of problems.
In order to cope with the trauma, do not be afraid to talk about the event or situation. In such a situation, the person becomes reluctant to talk in order to protect himself from the devastating effects of the trauma, moves away from people, becomes withdrawn, does not want to remember or see anything about the event, and may even tend to suppress and ignore the event. Loneliness causes you to hear your thoughts, and you can turn the situation into an inextricable hole in your head. In such cases, it would be better for you to spend time with people you feel close to. Additionally, suppressing the traumatic memory will only prolong the healing process.
Facing your trauma may be very difficult for you or heavier than you think. In such a situation, do not step back and remind yourself that you will overcome this situation in time. Maybe it won't happen right away, but Over time, you will get rid of the effects of your trauma.
If you cannot do anything about the situation you are in, you can slowly open yourself up and get rid of your traumas in a professional environment with a psychologist. It is possible to gain a different perspective during the therapy process and remove the effects of the traumatic event you experienced from your life. The important thing is to have the right help and people around you who understand you.
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