Managing Your Trauma

Managing Your Trauma

Managing Your Trauma

Trauma is a powerful problem in the world of mental health, and rightfully so. Co-occurrence of trauma and additional mental health issues, like substance misuse, are highly dominant, and every person will likely experience some state of traumatic experience at some juncture. Trauma is a pandemic issue concerning mental health–we cannot escape the consequences on ourselves, our communities, and our households.

Luckily, healing from these happenings is possible, and although you might not always need help from a psychotherapist, it can be valuable.

Because traumatic incidents are present in our communities and daily lives, the problem deserves deep discussion. Patients and experts continually refer to this concept, triggers, symptoms, and various views on recovering from traumatic incidents. Yet, mental health professionals often swear by detailed strict structures for approaching trauma during the healing process. For this reason, it is crucial to create a clear and more flexible way to broach this subject and comprehend the realities of trauma-informed individual counseling in Orlando and the relevance of its benefit.

Thus, any single practice may not apply to each person and traumatic happening. As with all psychotherapy, therapists must tailor their intervention toward the individual person and their precise needs. While preserving some understanding of the sources and realities associated with the psychology of traumatic happenings, this individualized strategy will prove most beneficial to trauma survivors.

Trauma is commonly acknowledged as a profoundly painful or unsettling emotional affair. Therefore, when we regard traumatic events, we often picture horrific abuse, anguished deaths, or extreme violence. Of course, these circumstances are incredibly traumatic, but trauma doesn't always require the shock factor commonly associated with this notion. Instead, as described, trauma is simply any event encountered as being extremely painful or emotionally complicated.

This might integrate various circumstances of catastrophe, abuse, or even distressing relational experiences ranging from abandonment and dependence to the incapacity to meet one's biological or emotional needs. For example, parental divorce, economic hardship, car accidents, illness, or even the demise of an acquaintance can all be highly uncomfortable.

Any of these occasions have great potential to cause profound distress, which in turn permits past traumatic incidents to have lasting emotional and behavioral impacts. Moreover, these past circumstances can genuinely impact our self-perceptions, experiences in relationships, and broad perception of the world. In this way, working with trauma is a psychodynamic approach; we aren't always fully aware of clear traumatic happenings and may instead suffer from the often unconscious residual effects. You can do the psychodynamic work of recovering from trauma by being aware of the experience's impact and by working through the happening by being present with any associated thoughts or feelings.

In working through trauma, the objective is to reduce these negative effects by cautiously examining the background and the associated beliefs. As with any healing technique, tolerance and persistent efforts to thwart re-traumatization for the survivor are necessary. With time, we can remember to manage any constant feelings of fury, guilt, regret, or anxiety while also recalling to challenge any negative self-perceptions that the traumatic event may have initiated.

We hope this info helps you better comprehend how to manage your trauma. Call us today if you need individual counseling in Orlando. We are here to help you feel better.

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Heather Oller

Heather Oller is the owner and founder of Orlando Thrive Therapy, Coaching, and Counseling. She is a licensed counselor and a family mediator who has over 23 years of dedicated work as a professional in the mental health field. Through her company's mission, she continues to pave the way for future therapists, and their clients, who want a higher quality of life....and who want to thrive, rather than just survive. You can contact Orlando Thrive Therapy at (407) 592-8997 for more information.