This video from the UK Trauma Council provides a general introduction to what happens in the brain after children face traumatic experiences in childhood, like abuse and neglect.
Information about flashbacks, which are often associated with post-traumatic stress. This resource is designed for sexual assault survivors in the UK but can be applied to many experiences.
Trauma is the result of our inability to process a distressing experience. It’s much more common than we might imagine...and requires a patient examination of our past to overcome.
Dissociation is one kind of defense mechanism that we may use in response to a traumatic event. For some kids, this becomes a dissociative disorder; this Australian resource explains what dissociation might look like.
