Open Wounds: Finding Healing From Childhood Trauma in Adulthood
If you are someone who has experienced trauma during childhood, you are not alone. What you may or may not know is that the trauma
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Well Beings Counselling Provides Hope, Healing and Support in a Warm, Approachable Way. Our team of Registered Psychotherapists in Hamilton, ON have specialties in different therapies to accommodate everyone. Our offices provides therapy and assessment services for adolescents, teens, adults, seniors, and couples.
We are trauma therapists in Hamilton ON providing therapy that brings profound relief from distressing or traumatic events .
Simply put, traumatic experiences make it difficult to become who we are. We can help.
While the list of possible traumas is pervasive, some common traumatic events include:
- Sexual assault
- Physical abuse
- Natural disasters
- Accidents and injuries
- Losing a loved one
- Medical diagnosis, difficult surgery, or birth trauma
- Bullying
- Being a victim of discrimination
- Emotional abuse
- Childhood neglect
- Victim of or witnessing a crime
- Being a refugee or a victim of war trauma
Some people can experience trauma without developing trauma responses; others don’t. Remember, a trait isn’t a symptom, and a symptom isn’t a disorder!
Untreated trauma will rule your life. Depression, anxiety, intense shame, self-doubt, emotional flooding, nightmares, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, intrusive memories, difficulty regulating emotions, hypervigilance, memory problems, avoiding reminders of the trauma, and chronic pains can drain the joy and vitality from your life.
Regardless of its Cause, Therapy Can Help You Get Trauma Relief
- Avoidance of certain situations or people
- Flashbacks or re-experiencing of traumatic memories
- Distress or anxiety that remains after the traumatic event
- Physical or bodily symptoms (aching, nausea, etc.)
- Recurrent (or ruminative) thoughts about the trauma
- Major changes in personality or behaviour
- Increased drug or alcohol use to cope with traumatic stress
- Aggression or irritability
Take Charge of Your Trauma Recovery
Whether you are experiencing some or all of these challenges, getting help is critical to your mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. The trauma does not need to shape the rest of your life, nor does it have to affect your relationship with others. As humans, though we are vulnerable to get hurt and wounded, we are also wired for healing and recovery. There is hope for healing.
Trauma therapy provides a safe, private place where you can deal with your trauma at your own pace. It’s important to remember that the history of your early trauma is not your whole story. Your past traumatic experiences don’t have to rule your present life nor limit your future!
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