Has Your Life Been Turned Upside Down With Anxiety & Depression?

Emotional pain from difficult life issues can spin your life out of control.

Have you been cheated on? Does this betrayal feel as if you've experienced a death?
Or have you actually experienced the death of a loved one? Are you trying to make sense of what's happened?
Or has your worst nightmare come true? You were sexually assaulted and just can't pretend any longer how much pain you're in?
Or as a couple have you reached a breaking point. The relationship just isn't working?
Or are you feeling hopeless and want to give up on life? Are stress or edginess causing you sleeplessness and lack of focus.

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be experiencing trauma.

But You're Not Alone

Let's Uncover the Truth About Emotional Pain

Why You Might Not Know Your Emotional Pain is Trauma.

Trauma is a deeply distressing experience that overwhelms your ability to cope, affecting your mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health. It can be a one-time event or a series of ongoing events. Many people seek therapy for anxiety, depression, or relationship issues, only to discover trauma is behind these symptoms. Past experiences like neglect, abuse, or infidelity often have lasting effects that manifest emotionally or physically. Trauma can arise from emotional wounds or loss, not just extreme events.

Symptoms like anxiety or sleep issues may seem like stress but could signal deeper trauma. Therapy helps uncover and address these hidden impacts. As most people would expect, trauma can show up in any or all of your life activities, roles, and relationships, affecting how you work, connect with others, and even how you see yourself.

By acknowledging that trauma can be more subtle or masked, people might start to connect their emotional struggles with past experiences they didn't consider traumatic.

Different causes of Trauma

First Responder Events
Sexual Assault or Abuse
Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence
Financial Uncertainty
Childhood Abuse and/or Neglect
Natural Disasters
Food Insecurity
Sudden & Unexpected Death of a Loved One
Homelessness Community Violence
Medical/Health-Related Trauma
Terroristic Attacks
Military Combat

What does trauma look like or sound like?

"I can't relax. I'm tense all the time."
"Suddenly something triggers me, and I relive the event."
"I can't sleep and when I do I have terrible dreams about what happened."
"I don't trust anybody anymore. I'm afraid of everyone I meet. I just want to stay in my house and never come out"
"I can't stop thinking about what I did. It's all my fault."
"I should have run away. I knew something wasn't right, but I did want to make him mad."
"I can't focus at work. I'm distracted and can't sit still."