Mental trauma

In the modern world, people are constantly exposed to the environment. In the life of everyone, there are many sources of mental trauma. Various difficult life situations cause a deterioration in the mental state of a person, which can lead to the development of mental illness or injury.

Mental trauma - the main

Mental trauma - is a certain mental damage caused by someone or something, as a result of which there is a violation of the normal functioning of the human psyche.

The concept of mental trauma includes a life event that affects the sides of his psyche important for the life of the individual, which is the cause of the development of profound psychological experiences, as a result of which adaptive disorders of a person and disorders that are associated with a stressful situation that may arise.

Types of mental trauma

Depending on the intensity of manifestation, they are divided into:

  1. Unexpected, sudden, catastrophic.
  2. Superhaktualnye or irrelevant for humans.
  3. Situational.
  4. Overcomeable and aware.
  5. Injuries caused by the content of the situation.

Childhood mental trauma

In children, mental trauma occurs as a reaction to a traumatic situation. In order to determine whether your child is frightened, it is necessary to follow his reaction to the mention of an episode traumatizing his psyche. Traumatized children begin to fear, talk a lot about what scared them, or vice versa, they will not want to listen to what scares them. They can be silent and you can not pull out of him a word about the reason for his silence. The reason for this behavior is that by talking about an unpleasant situation for the child, you reminded him of all the horror of what happened.

Consequences of childhood mental trauma

If a person does not get rid of traumatic memories, growing up, she will face their consequences. The reason is that the child does not suffer from a mental trauma that has been cured by the subconscious. When there are situations that resemble a child's trauma, there may be symptoms that are not understandable to a person with mandrake. From the fact that the trauma is forced out of his consciousness, he can not understand the reason for his poor health.

Prevention of mental trauma

There is a large number of preventive procedures. They consist of different methods and approaches that help a person prevent the emergence of mental trauma, cope with stressful situations, traumatic for the psyche character. Mental traumas always carry a negative impact on the development of a person's mental state. Such injuries should always be cured, resorting to the help of a specialist.