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What is Trauma?
Trauma is a lasting emotional, physical or mental response to an overwhelmingly distressing or threatening event that overwhelms a person’s coping capacity. The trauma can be a single event such as an accident or a long-term situation such as abuse. How each person responds to trauma is different. But common responses include fear, or a feeling of shame or helplessness that can manifest. Many people may also experience symptoms like anxiety, flashback and other physical issues.
If you have experienced a traumatic event, you may feel socially disconnected and somewhat numb which can lead to feelings of isolation.
Psychological trauma is the mind’s reaction to an event. Not everyone will react to the same event. Trauma affects people in different ways. For some, the symptoms can take weeks, months or even years to surface.
It is also important to consider that there are different severities of psychological trauma. Some symptoms are mild and may go away with time, while others can be more severe and need professional intervention which is why My Solution Wellbeing comes in.
When to Seek Help for Trauma?
No matter the severity of your traumatic experience, getting support from My Solution Wellbeing can benefit you.
If symptoms persist for weeks or months you may want to consider getting counselling or some other sort of therapy. It is especially important to get help if you experience any of the following symptoms after a traumatic event:
- You feel unable to function in your day-to-day life
- You feel emotionally numb
- You are experiencing severe flashbacks
- You are self-medicating with drugs or alcohol or both
- You are unable to maintain or form new relationships
- You are suffering from anxiety or stress due to the trauma
We provide a variety of treatments and therapies including CBT depending on your experience, personality and the therapist’s approach. We combine multiple effective therapies to suit your needs.
Trauma Therapies Available
We offer various types of therapies and treatments for people that have suffered different types of trauma. Some of the options we offer include:
- Somatic experiencing: This is a body-based technique that allows you to explore trauma-related tension through physical tensions which helps to release through various instinctive responses.
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): A type of therapy that helps you evaluate and process thoughts linked to trauma. It is often paired with other therapies like somatic experiencing.
- Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR): This combines CBT with rhythmic stimulation to help unfreeze trauma and address repressed memories.
