Are you looking for help with complex trauma or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? Traumatic events can include occurrences such as family and domestic violence, sexual abuse, motor vehicle and other accidents, or natural disasters. Emotional and psychological abuse or the death of a loved one can also be experienced as traumatic. When we have directly experienced, or witnessed, such traumatic events, sometimes the intensity of the psychological and emotional responses can be very painful. These responses are often very difficult to deal with on our own, and the effects of the trauma can persist even if the events themselves happened a long time ago (e.g., childhood abuse and/or childhood neglect).
Complex trauma is used to describe repeated experiences of trauma over a long period, often childhood, such as sexual abuse. Sometimes complex trauma can be experienced as an adult.
