What Is Trauma?

I wonder if you could help us understand what is trauma sure so sometimes my colleagues call me out for speaking about trauma too broadly you know and it's fine it's just a word it's a question of what we mean by it. Trauma gives you a shame based view of yourself so fundamentally you don't you believe there's something wrong with you which can show up as excessive self guilt and self judgment or as grandiosity where you actually believe there's nothing wrong with you in the world then you become president of the United States. I'm told the alone I can't trust relationships or I don't know who to trust because my capacity to be in touch with my authentic gut feeling says being