Last week, we established the definition of trauma and shared what causes it, and symptoms around it. Please find it here

Today, my emphasis would be on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Basically, trauma is classified into three types to aid differentiation. A trauma could be short or a lasting event reoccurring over a long time, a fateful event that happened by chance or is caused by another human being, or the collective trauma that may affect a general populace, such as a war, tribal clashes, and some natural disasters.

Regardless of the class of trauma, one thing is constant: it is devastating. And rarely leave the victim the same.

The victim of a trauma may seem normal even after a long time the incident had occurred but later showing evidences of the effect of the trauma in their relationships, at work, and life generally. Reason we usually advise that anyone who may have witnessed, or experienced a trauma, but appearing okay now, should still talk to a therapist. Children are more susceptible to trauma because of their own helplessness. As they grow older, they may find it difficult to remember all the details of the event, but having the effects affecting their behavior.

In Nigeria, where children are not expected to talk bad about an older relative (although this culture seems to be wearing out gradually), it can be difficult for a child who is being abused by an older relative, or adult, to speak out.

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