Traumatic Stress
Traumatic stress is where there has been an accumulation of traumatic experiences – such as in cases of bullying or other emotional or physical abuse where each incident is a trauma in itself. Or there may have been multiple traumas of different kinds.
Common indications are:
Issues around sleep:
Nightmares
Waking up more tired than when you went to bed
Not wanting to go to bed even though you are tired
Exhaustion and listlessness throughout the day – despite having slept all night
Feeling ‘spaced out’
Memory problems
An inability to concentrate
Problems with personal boundaries
Inexplicable aches, pains or symptoms
Feeling worse when you relax
Over-reacting to problems
Feeling very stressed, but not knowing why
Confusing fear and excitement
Signs of an exaggerated startle response – jittery movements, awkwardness.
Showing signs of a strong emotion e.g. anger without seeming to be aware of it – tone of voice, facial expression, choice of words…
Flashbacks or panic attacks
A feeling of living in the past.
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