Trauma Recovery

What is trauma?

If you’ve felt in danger where you feared for your life, witnessed events where other’s lives were affected, and/or felt the event had a significant impact on you as a human being, then you might have experienced trauma.

Yet, while there is a solid definition, experience has taught me that incidents, our pasts, and life-altering moments affect everyone differently.

Life isn’t perfect.

We’re not meant to get out of this world unscathed, but we are meant to live a life of meaning and purpose.

But trauma has a way of entering our lives and taking all of that away from us in the blink of an eye.

How is trauma affecting you?

Trauma has a way of impacting both your mind and your body.

You might be experiencing flashbacks from the car accident. Certain smells might take you back to a specific moment in time where you feared for your safety or the safety of someone you love.

Your body stiffens under you at certain sights or sounds – suddenly, you’re trapped. You may even feel detached from yourself – in an out-of-body experience where you’re just going through the motions.

It has wrestled control over your life. Your world no longer feels safe, and you don’t know what to do.

And it’s affecting your relationships, too.

Your relationships are suffering because you aren’t the person you once were.

Your family and friends are worried about you. They just don’t get it. They don’t get what you’ve been through.

You want them in your life, but you can’t keep putting on a front that everything is ok. You’re worried about being in public and experiencing a feeling you can’t control, so you isolate yourself.

But there’s hope.

Whether you have experienced a car accident, death and dying, or a military tour in which you saw actual warfare, you can get on with your life.

Right now, it feels like the trauma is in the driver’s seat, and you’re feeling less hopeful with each passing day.

But your trauma doesn’t define who you are – it’s merely something that happened to you.

And you’ve already taken the first step.

The first step of reaching out and asking for help is the hardest, and I’m so glad you are here.

There is an intersection between trauma and grief because, often, people lose a part of themselves during and after the event(s).

Let’s work together to help you identify your triggers and build safety in your world.

You’re in charge.

Together, we’ll work through your trauma at a pace that feels comfortable to you.

I’ll never pressure you to talk about it. And I’ll never judge you.

As we work through your trauma and grief, you will begin to feel more like yourself and possibly even better than you did before.

That meaning and purpose you once questioned will reemerge as you grow and reconnect with your world.

Remember…you are NOT your trauma. Reach out today! (970) 660-8013