Dr. John A. King defines trauma as events that trigger fear, helplessness, or horror. Examples include combat, violent assault, serious accidents, life-threatening illness, and witnessing murder. These experiences can lead to PTSD or complex post-traumatic stress.
Morning all. I wanted just to talk briefly about what is trauma, particularly when relating to, you know, PTSD, complex post-traumatic stress. Trauma is basically any event that has the capacity to invoke fear, helplessness, or horror. So that, that's what trauma is. Now, that trauma can take many forms. The one most known of or most recognized is veterans Or first responders. First responders being increased, even though they may not experience the trauma themselves, they're constantly exposed to it. Same in a theater of war. Or it could be a serious accident or being told you have a life-threatening illness, a bereavement, a violent assault, being in combat yourself, a terrorist attack, witnessing a murder or witnessing something horrific. Any of those things can and do impact a person to a level that they feel traumatized by them.
