Trauma

Introduction Trauma (or psychological trauma) refers to the psychological, emotional, and even physiological abnormalities caused by more serious injuries in life. This abnormal state may be mild, and self-adjustment over time (usually within three months) will automatically heal. But there are also some traumatic effects that last longer, and often even lifelong.

Cause

People often judge the severity of trauma according to the severity of the traumatic event. If a person encounters a terrible catastrophic event, he must have been seriously traumatized. On the contrary, if the traumatic event is not serious, he will think The harm of this person's spirit will not be very serious. In fact, this view is very wrong. For a strong-hearted person, a very serious traumatic event may not cause serious trauma. On the contrary, for a person who is more psychologically vulnerable, an event that is generally considered to be less serious is enough to cause serious mental illness. trauma. Therefore, we judge that the severity of a person's trauma is not based on the severity of the traumatic event, but on the psychological, emotional and physiological response of the client.

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Mild trauma can be manifested as depression, depression, sadness, loss of life, reluctance to interact with people, lack of interest in life, and so on. This situation is very common in our lives, and even strictly speaking, everyone has to experience it many times in their own lives. This situation is usually through the comfort and support of loved ones and friends, self-regulation, after a period of adjustment, you can self-heal, without the need for professional treatment. However, if the above status lasts for more than 3 months, you should consider seeking professional help. Treatment can be through medication, but it can also be through non-pharmacological counseling or psychotherapy.

Moderate trauma can be characterized by prolonged depression, pessimism, social loneliness, or severe sleep disorders, anxiety, fear, timidity, and even suicidal tendencies. This time is often misdiagnosed as depression, neurasthenia, anxiety or phobia. After taking antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs are not effective. Therefore, special treatments for traumatic treatments are needed to be effective. Treatment relies mainly on non-pharmacological psychotherapy, and drug treatment can only play a supporting role.

Severe trauma is also known as PTSD. In addition to the above symptoms, it also has typical symptoms, such as the memory or picture of the injury event constantly appearing in the dream, or constantly in the mind even in the awake state. Now, the victims are often in a state of panic and pain, as if the traumatic incident occurred just now. This phenomenon is called "flashback." In addition, many normal scenes in life may become "trigger points" that induce traumatic memories, awakening memories and experiences of traumatic events, resulting in strong emotional and physiological responses. More serious trauma, especially childhood trauma, may also cause serious personality distortion and psychological abnormalities. In this case, it must be treated with strict systemic trauma treatment to be cured or improved.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of trauma:

1, a single episode of depression: popularly speaking, a single episode of depression is also known as a single episode of major depressive disorder, which refers to only one episode, no manic symptoms, mixed depression symptoms, mild mania symptoms. The first time suffering from depression and compounding the above symptoms is also called single-episode depression, because it is unknown whether the patient will develop the disease in the future, and if it is re-occurring, it is called recurrent depression.

2, emotional internal injuries: emotional internal injuries can also be called seven emotional internal injuries, seven emotions are hi, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear, shock seven emotional activities, is a mental pathogenic factor, is internal injuries One of the main pathogenic factors. Seven emotions are normal physiological manifestations, but sudden, intense or long-lasting mental stimulation exceeds the tolerance of the body's own physiological activities, causing disorder of the human body, yin and yang, blood and blood disorders, it will become endogenous pathogenic factors. , thus making people sick.

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