Examples of traumas
- Entering the social care system
- School associated trauma
- Abuse (sexual, emotional, physical)
- Poverty
- Domestic violence
- Separation / abandonment of parent (divorce, death, prison)
- Mental health / physical disability within the home
- Loss of home or family environment
- Sudden or long term illness
- Community violence
- Racial attacks
- Tragic accident
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Natural disasters
- Neglect
- Bullying (physical / cyber)
- Racial abuse
- Traumatic death
Some effects of grief, loss, trauma
Emotional
- Anxiety
- Numbness
- Anger
- Difficulty with concentration
- Guilt
- Sadness
- Confusion
- Difficulties with routines
- Emotional
- Difficulty focusing
- Mood swings
- Paranoia
- PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Physical
- Heaviness in limbs
- Migraines
- Back and joint paint
- Aches throughout body
- Weaker immune system
- Impairment of brain development
- Increase in stress response system
- Upset stomach / diarrhoea
- Low energy
- Chest pains
- Breathlessness
- Eating disorder
- Self harm
Social / behavioural
- Isolation
- Disturbed sleep/nightmares
- Crime
- Difficulty adapting to change
- Hypersexuality
- Flashbacks/Visions
- Withdrawal
- Aggression
- Loneliness
- Confusion