What are Trauma Symptoms?
Trauma symptoms are the emotional, physical, and psychological reactions that individuals experience after encountering or witnessing distressing or life-threatening events. These symptoms can vary widely but often include flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, emotional numbness, anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. In more severe cases, individuals may develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), where trauma symptoms significantly interfere with daily functioning.
Trauma symptoms can persist long after the event has passed, requiring therapy such as trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help individuals process and heal from the trauma.