VOCABULARY

AN EVENT THAT IS EXPERIENCED BY SOMEONE AS PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY HARMFUL OR THREATENNG AND HAS LASTING EFFECTS

TRAUMA

CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAUMA SUCH AS DEPRESSION, LOSS OF CONTROL, WITHDRAW, FEELING TRAPPED OR DISEMPOWERED

SYMPTOM

ANY PROCEDURE THAT HELPS SOMEONE MOVE TOWARDS HEALING AND WELLNESS

TREATMENT

AN ATTITUDEOR MINDSET THAT RECOVER IS POSSIBLE

HOPE

A SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE ABOUT ONE’S SELF IDENTITY

AUTONOMY

THE PRACTICE OF COMPASSION, PUTTING ONESELF IN THE SHOES OF ANOTHER

EMPATHY

EXPRESSING A FEELING OF SADNESS OR SORROW FOR ANOTHER PERSON

SYMPATHY

INTERPERSONAL, GROUP, NATIONAL OR MASS

KINDS OF TRAUMA

PEOPLE WHO FLEE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED OR HAVE A REASONABLE FEAR OF EXPERIENCING PERSECUTON

REFUGEE

PEOPLE WHO LEAVE THEIR HOMELAND TO SEEK BETTER OPPORTUNITIES

IMMIGRANT

THE ABILITY OF THE HUMAN BRAIN TO ADAPT AND RECOVER

NEUROPLASTICITY

THIS OCCURS WHEN A PERSON EXPERIENCES SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE UNDERGOING ANOTHER TRAUMA

RETRAUMATIZATION

THE ABILITY TO THRIVE AND HEAL DESPITE NEGATIVE LIFE EXPERIENCES

RESILIENCE

A person who lacks adequate or regular dwelling or shelter

homeless

A survivor who has difficulty regulating emotions such as anger, anxiety, sadness or shame

Emotional dysregulation

A biological process whereby emotions are detached from thoughts, behaviors, and memories

Dissociation or numbing

When the body experiences startled responses which persist years after trauma occurs

Hypervigilance or hyperarousal

Escaping people, places or situations to alleviate unpleasant emotions or memories

avoidance

The most commonly diagnosed trauma related disorder

Ptsd POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

SYMPTOM OF PTSD SUCH AS INSOMNIA, NARCOLEPSY, APNEA, SOMBALISM

SLEEP DISORDERS

LEAVING ONE’S BODY AS IF WATCHING ONESELF FROM A DISTANCE AS AN OBSERVER LEADING TO A SENSE OF UNFAMILIARITY

DEPERSONALIZATION