When people hear the word trauma, they often imagine one dramatic event. But trauma can also be quieter and harder to name. It can come from experiences that were overwhelming, prolonged, unpredictable, or endured without enough support. Sometimes the event is in the past, yet the body and nervous system continue to react as if danger could return at any moment.

Trauma is not only what happened. It is also what your mind and body had to do to survive what happened.