You're listening to the place we find ourselves podcast. I'm Adam Young and today I want to address the question of

What is trauma anyway or another way of saying this is what makes a bad experience

traumatizing and then the second question I want to explore is how do I know if I've experienced

Trauma because the fact of the matter is that many many people with a history of trauma

Don't know they have a history of trauma. I had no idea of the trauma in my own story

Until my mid 30s and I didn't really understand how much trauma I had experienced until my early 40s

So don't assume that if you have a history of trauma, you'll know it because you won't necessarily

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Okay, let's begin first a disclaimer the following episode is in no way a

Comprehensive answer to the question. What is trauma?

There there's no way that question could be adequately answered or addressed in a podcast episode

But I do want to highlight some of the key components of trauma and my ultimate goal is to invite you to consider

If you may have experienced more trauma than you realize

The word trauma comes from a Greek word meaning wound wound a traumatic experience

wounds the mind and it wounds the body

Literally it changes the physical structure of the brain

We know this just as a broken ankle changes the physical structure of the ankle joint

That's the first thing you need to hear trauma changes the physical structures of your mind and body it wounds you

Now what makes something traumatic?

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