November 01, 2021

How does psychological trauma work in the human brain?

Trauma is a really important thing you should be aware of. This can be really bad for your mental stability. This is why I am going to talk to you about this topic: Because it matters!


When you experience psychological trauma, you can have various symptoms like stressing out really easily. Other symptoms could be:


  • Confusion

  • Difficult to concentrate

  • Anxiety

  • Fear

  • Guilt

  • Shame

  • Feeling sad

  • Feeling hopeless

  • Feeling disconnected 

  • Feeling numb

  • Angry

  • Irritability 

  • Mood swings


Psychological trauma is caused by a really bad, scary, or stressful event or events. When this happens your brain has an injury where the trauma begins. This affects the brain in a way that might make you do things that you don't really want to do. This can also make you aggressive and hit someone accidentally. Stress and anger can make you react in a very aggressive or bad way.


There are times where you can feel sad or hopeless for just an argument or something you did wrong. I mean that it is not bad to feel sad, but the thing is that it is so sad that you are hopeless or depressed.


Another example is when you have anxiety, for tests or even just homework. When you get scared you can feel kind of suffocated. 


Trauma is something that you should be concerned about if someone you love has it because one in six people continue to have episodes or reactions after 6 months of treatment, so this can change your life.


You should be careful about psychological trauma because this can affect the way you see the world. It’s sad that people have tried to avoid this but there are some situations where it gets out of control.


If someone you know has psychological trauma or you suspect that that person has been through hard times, you should listen to them without judging them, and ask them to look for a therapist. If the person that has physical trauma is a child, then you should request for them to speak with a trusted adult so they can guide them.


You can have memory loss if you have physiological trauma. Kids can have really bad memories loss. When children have psychological trauma they often have difficulty in identifying and expressing emotions, they also have difficulty in managing emotions.


Physical trauma can affect kids or adults in different ways. Some of them are fatigue, sleep disorders, nightmares, anxiety, depression, and avoiding emotions, sensations, fear that sometimes isn't real, or activities that have to do with physical trauma.


In conclusion, you should take into account the reactions and the possibilities of the trauma and always have it in mind if something happens.


Written by Paula Carrero
6th Grader



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