416 The Difference Between Trauma + PTSD
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Terri Cole
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🗓️ 28 June 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains information about (gun) violence which may be triggering to survivors.
We have all experienced some level of primary or secondary trauma over the past few years. The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and school shootings among other events have brought the topic of trauma front and center in our public discourse.
In this episode, I'm breaking down the definition of trauma so you can have a better understanding of what it is and can make the distinction between normal trauma responses and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there and welcome to this episode of The Terry Cole Show. |
| 0:05.2 | In light of the world we're living in and the pandemic we've just lived through, |
| 0:09.4 | we've all heard a lot about the term trauma, right? I see it, I hear it thrown around social media |
| 0:16.0 | all the time or PTSD. So if you're confused about what constitutes trauma and what to do about it, |
| 0:24.4 | this episode is for you. In today's episode I'm going to be breaking down the definition |
| 0:29.3 | of trauma and sort of juxtapositioning it between normal trauma response and post-traumatic stress |
| 0:35.8 | disorder or post-traumatic stress syndrome and I'm also going to be sharing resources for those of |
| 0:40.7 | you who need support and I'm going to be sharing my own personal experience with trauma when my |
| 0:47.2 | husband and I were held up at gunpoint. So if you're new to this podcast, hello and welcome. |
| 0:54.4 | My name is Terry Cole and I am the author of Boundary Boss, which you can get at BoundaryBossbook.com. |
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