Trauma can be acute, chronic, or complex. Acute trauma is from a single incident. Chronic trauma is from repeated traumatic incidents. Complex trauma comes from different kinds of traumatic events experienced over time, such as growing up in an abusive environment. 

Someone with underlying trauma might say to themselves: 

“What is wrong with me?” --- “Why can’t I just be normal?” --- “Why can’t I just snap out of it?”

Trauma affects people in many ways.

For some, they often feel overwhelmed, lost, like they are out of control.

For others, their unresolved trauma manifests in relationship struggles, social isolation, loneliness.

And for many, it can result in serious anxiety and worry, as if the stress and fearful thoughts never stop - or in severe depression, a sense of hopelessness, without the motivation to engage in life.