Trauma is an emotional response to any stressful event that seriously threatens your life or sense of security. Some people experience it directly while some experience it by witnessing. It may be a single occurrence trauma like a traffic accident or a long-term trauma like living through war.
These traumatic events may develop post-traumatic stress symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mental disorder that develops after exposure to a traumatic event or series of events. This exposure may include directly experiencing an event, witnessing a terrible event in the lives of others, or learning that a traumatic event occurred to a close family member or friend. It can also emerge as a result of frequent exposure to disturbing details of trauma.
Complex PTSD can occur after experiencing chronic (long-term) trauma. People who experience long-term trauma tend to have additional symptoms like difficulty in emotional regulation along with PTSD symptoms.
During World War 1, the term psychological trauma of warfare was formally recognized by doctors and society for the first time. PTSD has been referred to by a variety of names in the past, including "shell shock" during World War I and "combat fatigue" or “war neurosis” during World War.
Types of trauma includes:
• Acute or Type I trauma
• Chronic or Type II trauma
• Complex trauma
• PTSD
• Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
Types of Traumas w.r.t. Traumatic Events:
• Sexual Assault or Rape
• Childhood Abuse, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
• Car Accidents
• Victim of Wars
• Taken hostages
• Torture
• Medical Trauma
• Trauma in developing or 3rd world countries
• Traumas in war zones
• Traumas in suppressed Muslims
• Traumas in Muslim community as minority living in Non-Muslim majority countries
Mutmainnah Centre is providing treatment modalities for Trauma, Traumatic Stress, PTSD & Complex PTSD: • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) • EMDR • Trauma Therapy • Tension &Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) • Thought Field Therapy (TFT) • Forward Facing Trauma Therapy (FFTT) • NLP Based Therapies, RTM • Mindfulness-based Approaches
