Trauma ingrains painful memories so deeply that they distort the way we think, act, and feel—essentially constricting how we live our lives. Instead of being relegated to the past like most memories, trauma makes the experience a permanent fixture in the mind, a recurring telling of events that repeatedly brings the sensations, sounds, and imagery back into the present.
Grief isn’t a linear process and it can be brought on by range of life experiences - including but not just the loss of a loved one. To make it more complex, people experience grief and can be triggered very differently.
As therapists, we there a few reoccurring concerns that have come up from clients.
Children lack the experience, understanding and communication skills to express how their feeling – especially young, nonverbal children. As a result, the fear and uncertainty that your child may be experiencing can manifest itself in unhealthy ways which may be regarded as disobedience. Often times, your child is likely asking for help the only way they know how.
