Types of Traumas

Trauma can be either interpersonal and external.

1. Sexual, physical, neglectful, emotional, and exposure to domestic violence as a child

2. Sexual assault is any unwelcome sexual activity.

3. Historical trauma: the forced displacement from the family home during colonization, the residential school experience, and the eradication of culture and language.

1. Domestic violence: physical, sexual, economical, psychological, spiritual, and cultural

2. Loss brought on by homicide

3. Forced captivity and torture

4. Physical, sexual, financial, psychological, spiritual, and cultural abuse of the elderly

Outside Trauma:

1. War involves fighting, killing, the threat of death, seeing death and excruciating agony, and mutilation.

2. Suffering a criminal offense (which can also be interpersonal)

3. The untimely passing of a loved one

4. Loss due to suicide

5. The death of a loved one due to homicide

6. An unexpected and sudden loss of a job, home, or relationship

7. Slumbering amidst abject poverty

8. Natural catastrophes

9. Accidents involving cars, airplanes, etc.