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Trauma
Its relationship to dissociative identity disorder
We’ve all heard the words trauma and traumatized used in pop culture plus newspapers and journals, but what is it? What makes trauma the heart of so many mental health diagnoses, and how can we combat it?
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a trauma-related disorder, and to understand the condition, we must first comprehend trauma. This article will do just that, explore trauma and how it affects those with DID.
What is Trauma?
The word trauma is used in two different perspectives, physical meaning a physical injury and psychological meaning an emotional response to a profoundly distressing event. The latter is what we are focused on today and can mean the sudden loss of a loved one, an accident, a natural disaster, or an assault, to mention only a few causes.
People exposed to trauma might respond in several ways, such as being in a state of shock, feeling extreme grief, or being in denial of what just happened to them. Trauma may also cause several long-term reactions such as emotional instability, emotional flashbacks, impulsiveness, and having strained relationships.
