Introduction to Trauma

Content Warning: Violence, Abuse, Sexual Assault, Childhood Trauma, War, Racism, Police Brutality, Historical Trauma

Trauma is a set of physical, psychological, behavioral, and emotional reactions to either one devastatingly stressful event or multiple instances of extreme stress over time. There are many ways trauma shows up in each of our lives and our bodies.

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Everyone has experienced some…