Defining Trauma and its Complexity in Personal Psychology

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Psychology and psychiatry need a better understanding and categorization of trauma. Currently, the DSM only offers PTSD and complex PTSD as diagnoses. However, each person's path through trauma is unique. There is a need for a more holistic and personal approach to understanding and treating trauma. The incorrect way is to simply make a list of traumatic events. The question of how to define trauma and label traumatic experiences is important.

Trauma seems like a bit of a black box at times, something that we all experience as part of our life journey as humans but surrounded by a lot of misinformation. In this episode, we are joined by our guest, Dr MC McDonald, author of The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong to break down all of the science and psychology behind why we react to trauma the way we do, suppressed memories, what actually counts as 'traumatic' and the impact of trauma on our body. We also explore some of the more unexpected traumas we encounter and attempt to answer the question "will I ever heal from my trauma?". All that and more in this episode.

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