An Overview of Trauma

Back home for the night, and our snack is some peanut butter and decaf tea. We went to a store, and literally almost all the processed stuff had either too much sugar, salt or caffeine in it. What then is the point of going there? Despite that, we managed to find a few good things.

Since this is a global trauma blog (or should we say THE global trauma blog?), and there's more talk globally about stress and health, let's try to take an overview on this and see what happens. We might have to break our "never talk about politics" rule to do it. We'll see.

The amount of global stress is going up, due to a growing list of triggering causes. The Powers that Be are choosing to ignore or as usual, manipulate these for the maximum profit possible. This means that yes, there is a income gap and it's getting bigger. As a result, more trauma's happening and more aren't either being heard, getting the help they need, or both.

Trauma is trapped energy in various parts of your body. If you use stimulants, you're making that worse. SInce your mind and body are one thing, if you deal with the trauma, you rebalance your system. Then, possibly cut down or stop using any drugs you might be doing to try and cope with the pain.

A key point. Many addicts say that when they use they feel like an actual human being who's loved. Some might say, how could you feel loved if you're in a shooting gallery or a crack den? That's sad, but that's not the point. The point is feeling some sense of balance.

Some say that trauma survivors have messed up brain chemistry, due in many cases to high stress hormone levels and not enough dopamine. They didn't ask to be traumatized. Yet, in many cases nobody pays attention.

That being said, what do you expect many of these people to do? Just sit back and buy the "life sucks. So deal with it and shut up" response? Human emotions aren't a light switch that you can instantly turn on and off. Yes, it might make someone else's life more convenient in some ways. However, look at it from the trauma survivor's perspective.

Nobody asks to be traumatized. Nobody asks for pain, humiliation and feeling like there's no hope. Nobody asks to always have the fear of, is anybody ever going to give me any reassuring human contact of any kind? Does lack of that permenantly damage you in some way? It's a subjective question, but a common question.

We still have problems with getting anger out. We still have to fight and focus so we don't literally snap in two or black out. On the other hand, just sitting back and going with your feelings doesn't work.

What's the solution? One is to maintain a healthy balance. Not Zen bliss, but a healthy balance. One reason is because the current society most of us live in says weakness isn't tolerated. If you can't keep up, that's YOUR problem, not mine. If that's not true, then please explain to me why I seee a growing number of homeless people every day as I drive around. Are you telling me in some way they get off on pain, humiliation and having no human diginity at all? If you're seriously suggesting that they do in some way, sorry, but frankly that's sick.

Hope this helps to add some clarity to what many trauma survivors are dealing with. Back to the tea.