17/08/2024
TRAUMA IS SUBJECTIVE
This means it's subjective since it's not objective.
Meaning that might be traumatic for me might not be traumatic for you as thus, its subjective because everybody has a form of trauma.
We have what we call Trauma with a capita T, this can also mean collective trauma, these are experiences like war, earthquake meaning they are big catastrophic things as well, but there is also minor trauma, its not only the things that happen to you but also the things that should've happen but didn't e.g if you had lack of affirmation as a kid or lack of touch that is a form of wound and as children when we experience wounds we don't have the capabilities to process as we find ways to cope, coping mechanism.
Those coping mechanism starts to be pattern, these pattern start to become habits and or behaviour, behaviour starts to become character or persona and we say we identify ourselves with that copying mechanisms "SAYING THIS IS HOW I AM, I CANNOT CHANGE THIS