The word “trauma” is thrown around a lot these days, and it can be hard to know what “counts” as trauma. Especially when the trauma we experienced was so long ago, when we were children. It’s easy to dismiss our experiences, blame ourselves, or think “it’s not that big of a deal.”
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In today’s episode, Tyra talks about the different types of childhood trauma, and her experiences with them. She makes sure you know that you’re not alone in what you experienced as a child, and you were NOT overreacting or making too big a deal out of it. From bullying to natural disasters, living through difficult things in childhood has a huge impact on our lives even after the trauma is over. She also defines “Childhood Traumatic Stress”, and offers advice for how you can heal from childhood trauma.
Biggest Take Aways:

Bullying
Natural Disasters
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Grief and experiencing death

Childhood Traumatic Stress can happen to people who have experienced more than one traumatic event. Common signs and symptoms are:

Depression
Anxiety
Attachment issues
Changes in mood + behavior

This week’s affirmation is: “I acknowledge and accept that healing is possible.”

Want to learn more about these topics? Here are the resources I used for this episode:
Recovering From Sexual Trauma 
What is childhood trauma?
Types of Childhood Trauma
Understanding Trauma
Signs you may have Childhood Trauma

Looking into starting therapy? Use Better Help: https://rebrand.ly/6ulm6zk

Meditation is a great way to heal. I’ve been using an app called Calm and I think you’d like it, too. Check it out: https://rebrand.ly/21n4tre

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