Difficulty with Emotional Regulation 

Do you have trouble managing the intensity and duration of “negative” emotions? Emotional flashbacks can create overwhelming feelings that were felt during past traumas as if they were happening in the present moment.

Dissociation or Depersonalization

Do you have little to no memory of your childhood? Or at times feel disconnected from yourself and the world around you? Obsessive worry, rumination, and catastrophizing may also be signs of dissociation.

Hypervigilance 

Are you always on high alert for real or perceived threats? Or highly sensitive to other people’s body language, tone, or facial expressions? Chronic hypervigilance leads to an over-activated nervous system which keeps your body in survival mode, triggering fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn responses.

Severe Inner Critic & Negative Self-View

Do you experience feelings of shame, guilt, self-loathing, or unworthiness? A pervasive inner critic perpetuates toxic shame and negative self-view, which can often be masked under perfectionism or people-pleasing.

Relationship Difficulties

Do you find it difficult to trust others? Or find it challenging to form and sustain healthy, fulfilling relationships? Effects of trauma can inflict significant stress on interpersonal relationships and negatively impact how we relate to others.

Depression, Anxiety, Addiction, or Self-Harm

Unprocessed trauma can leave survivors feeling hopeless and disconnected from self and is often linked to depression, anxiety, addiction, and thoughts of self-harm.