![]() “Not everybody who experiences trauma has all trauma symptoms, or develops post-traumatic stress disorder. You’re zoned out, daydreaming, and not in touch with reality or what’s happening in the present moment,” explained Dr. ![]() ![]() Signs can include irritability, concentration problems and sleep problems, and we also see aggressive or destructive behaviors in kids,” she said. “You’re vigilant, on edge, and expecting something bad to happen. There may be a lot of feelings of shame or guilt, depending on the type of trauma.” “They might struggle to socialize, and (they might) isolate themselves. “It’s difficult to feel happy, enjoyment or love,” according to Dr. Over avoidance actually maintains trauma symptoms.” “It can be people, places that remind the victim of the person or events, avoidance of activities, avoidance of talking about it. “Any attempt to avoid any association or reminder about what happened,” she explained. “It’s constantly there, and you feel like you’re going through it again.” “You can’t stop thinking about the trauma even when you don’t want to,” said Dr. Flashbacks, nightmares, and intrusive thoughts.Herting explained, and gave examples, of five categories of trauma symptoms: And so, cumulatively that really disrupts social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral development.” Signs of child traumaĭr. You don’t believe that there’s good people who will or can treat you well. “When the very person who’s supposed to meet your needs isn’t, you don’t learn that the world is safe, or that you can depend on and trust caregivers. “When all kids grow up, they learn about the world through their caregiver, right? They learn if the world is safe, if they can trust people, if they will be protected, if they’ll have their needs met,” said Dr. The differentiation of complex trauma is important due to the extensive and different impact that trauma by a caregiver has. Herting, “is similar to chronic trauma, but the difference is the person engaged in that abuse or trauma toward that child is somebody in a caregiving relationship and the trauma started at a young age.” They’ve been exposed to multiple traumas, or the same trauma over and over again,” said Dr. “A lot of times in the clinic, we see kids who have had ongoing sexual abuse, ongoing physical abuse, ongoing witnessing of domestic violence, or a combination of abuse over time. Chronic trauma could be due to the same trauma reccurring, or multiple traumas happening over time, Dr. Herting described acute trauma as a “once-off event.” Examples might be a dog bite, a car accident, a house fire, date rape, or a specific instance of community violence or physical abuse they experienced or witnessed.Ĭhronic trauma is multiple traumas over time. Herting explained there are three types of traumas: acute, chronic, and complex.ĭr. Whether that be abuse, or traumatic grief, or racial trauma.”ĭr. “I felt very compelled to work with underserved populations and help empower them and to find hope and purpose and heal from the pain they had experienced. There was a lot of pain and suffering and a lot of trauma,” she said. So many children were losing their parents. She said she was surrounded “by a lot of pain and suffering,” leading her to pursue a career as a psychologist. Herting was born and raised in South Africa. , a licensed clinical psychologist and clinic director for both the Sanford Traumatic Stress Treatment Center, and North Dakota Treatment Collaborative for Traumatized Youth, each based in Fargo, North Dakota, said it’s imperative to identify causes, symptoms, and treatments for childhood trauma. Studies show if left unresolved, trauma will show up later in life. If there’s a child, or person in your life who doesn’t quite seem like themselves, it’s important to offer support when and where you can. Roughly 6% of the population will have PTSD at some point in their lives. About 12 million adults in the U.S. Of those children and teens who have had a trauma, 3% to 15% of girls and 1% to 6% of boys develop PTSD.Įven in adults, the numbers are staggering. It’s a heartbreaking reality that childhood trauma even happens in the first place.Īccording to the National Center for PTSD, studies show that about 15% to 43% of girls and 14% to 43% of boys go through at least one trauma.
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