What is trauma and its relationship to anxiety and other difficult emotions?
Human beings are usually able to regulate their level of distress and return to a state of equilibrium after facing a stressful event. However, if we face an extremely stressful event that leaves us feeling helpless and out of control, and we find it very difficult to get back to a normal state, then we may have experienced trauma. In this case, the intensity of the stressful situation deregulates our nervous system, causing long-term physical and emotional damage. When we sp
