The Subtle Ways Trauma Affects Your Life
And how to start changing it
Trauma is such a big word. Most people think of war, accidents, violence, and big life-changing tragedies. And those events are traumatic for most people.
(Even though not necessarily so. Because trauma is not about what happens to us but how we deal with it, whether our nervous system was able to discharge the excess energy.)
But for the most part, trauma is a subtle and insidious part of our everyday life. Insidious because we are so used to it that we don’t even know it’s there. And when you don’t know it’s there you don’t do anything about it. Instead, you probably keep looking outside yourself to change the “off” feeling inside, and you very likely judge yourself for feeling and being the way you are.
So before we continue, let’s take the charge out of the word and call trauma “frozen” or “blocked” energy instead. I’m sure most of us can agree that we have some of that.
Here are the ways it may be affecting you:
- Feelings of separation. Inability to feel fully nourished and loved by others. Not really feeling part of humanity or like you belong on this planet.
- Confusion, indecision, overwhelm. Inability to know what you want. Feeling stuck and like you’re treading water…
