81: Trauma Isn't Always What You Think It Is

Therapy Chat

Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

Social Sciences, Science, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 81 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week's episode is a solo episode with myself expanding more on trauma, what you think it is: and what you can do if you have experienced it.

If you listened to episode 79 with Dr. Gabor Maté, you’ll be interested in this episode, in that episode we defined what trauma was, but there is still confusion around what trauma is, so I hope this episode will help in explaining further what trauma is and the issues around it.

When you hear the word "trauma," what do you think of? If you're like most people, you probably imagine that people experience the effects of trauma after a plane crash, surviving a fire, a major car accident, or participating in military combat. It's true that all of those things can cause someone to experience trauma symptoms, but there are many other traumatic experiences which are more common in the general population that we don't always recognize as being traumatic.

I must point out, though, that I have talked to many people who have survived house fires or military combat. Most often when I describe that these experiences - which you and I can pretty much agree, can we not, are considered by most people to be experiences fitting the definition of trauma - could have been traumatic, the person sitting with me in the therapy room will say, "I don't really think of it as traumatic. I mean, so many people have been through much worse."

There is a reason why that statement is so interesting, which I explain in the podcast… Enjoy!

Resources

Episode 79: Childhood Traumatic Stress: The Mind-Body Connection http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/baltimoreannapolispsychotherapypodcast/id/5241791

Episode 25: What Is Childhood Emotional Neglect? - https://www.laurareaganlcswc.com/connectwithyourtrueselfblog/2016/3/21/therapy-chat-podcast

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0:00.0	Therapy Chat Podcast, episode 81.
0:04.2	This is the Therapy Chat Podcast with Laura Reagan, LCSWC.
0:11.0	The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed mental health professional.
0:18.3	And now, here's your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC.
0:24.0	LCSWC.
0:26.0	Hi, welcome back to therapy chat. I'm your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC. And it's been a while since I've done an episode where I wasn't interviewing anybody. I think I did one in November or December, but this is April. I still have tons of interviews ahead to share with you,
0:56.5	but I wanted to add in this episode to talk just by myself. In episode 79, I talked with Dr.
1:08.5	Gabor Mate. That was a really, I thought, a really fascinating discussion that we had about the effects of traumatic stress during any stage of development, including even in utero on our childhood and adult physical, emotional, and mental health. So in that interview, we talked about
1:31.1	trauma, and I wanted to go into it a little bit more. We defined what trauma was in that interview,
1:40.0	and I find that there's a lot of confusion on people's parts. I find that many people are
1:46.5	confused about really what trauma is. So I wrote a blog post about it, but not everybody
1:52.9	reads the blog. Some people like to get their information from the podcast. So I thought I'd share
1:57.5	it here too. Today's episode is sponsored by psychotherapy networker and Pessy.
2:03.1	If you're a therapist, be sure to check out the partner page, which is linked in the show
2:07.1	notes, where you can get discounted trainings with previous therapy chat guests like
2:12.1	Courtney Armstrong, Dr. Leslie Korn, Dr. Ariel Schwartz, Dr. Tammy Nelson, Dr. Janina Fisher, Rebecca Case, Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Lindsay Gibson, Deb Dana, Lori Gottlieb, and many, many others.
2:27.3	You'll find the link in the show notes to my partner page with Pessie and Psychotherapy Networker where you can find all these discounted
2:34.3	training. If you need CEs, this is a great place to go.
2:40.6	Therapists, we've all had that moment. You wake up in the middle of the night. Oh my gosh,
2:46.1	did I do my notes? Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore when you use therapy notes. Therapy notes makes
2:52.1	it easy to write your notes, get them done quickly, but thoroughly. My group practice has used
2:57.9	therapy notes for six years and everyone always finds it easy to use. But the best thing is,
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