Effects of trauma
There is an available trigger that can cause trauma, and the triggers can lead to anxiety and other emotions that are related to stress. People often are not aware of these triggers that cause trauma. Triggers sometimes might make the person suffering from traumatic disorders, to get into disruptive behaviors. The victims may also form self-destructive behaviors without their knowledge. One of the reactions to these triggers that causes trauma include panic attacks.
Sometimes people suffering from traumatic disorders may experience intense reactions of anger, inappropriate or unexpected situations; this happens when events are re-experienced. Events that are upsetting, such as images, or flashbacks of adverse events may give victim sleepless nights due to frequent nightmares. Another effect is insomnia, which may occur due to fears and insecurity; this makes the person be on a lookout every time, both day and night.
Trauma does not change only one’s daily functions but also might lead to morphological changes. Epigenetic can be passed to the next generation, leading to genetics to be part of psychological trauma.
When emotional exhaustion sets, it may lead to different effects such as distraction and also thinking upright may be lost. There will be frequent occurrences of emotional detachment and dissociation. Components of dissociation include depersonalization disorder dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, and others. When the victim is exposed to a previous experience that caused trauma, one is likely to suffer from neurophysiological changes, which involves slowed myelination, synaptic pruning abnormalities, shrinking of the hippocampus, effective impairment and cognitive.
Some people suffering from trauma might lose focus, if the trauma symptoms, do not disappear. They do not believe that what they are suffering from will improve. This situation of losing focus might lead to loss of self-esteem and depression. One might call their own identity in question when their knowledge of the world is violated.
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Case conceptualization and assessment
In case conceptualization and assessment, the assessor and the victim organize the meeting. Here the victim is expected to share their experiences. The assessor has the role of asking questions to the victim. The assessor tries to know current psychological issues and distress. Here is an example of case conceptualization between Mary (not her real names) and the assessor.
During a meeting, Mary was asked to describe her current situation and what she is going through. From Mary’s descriptions, accessory realized that Mary had been going through, anxiety, loneliness and despair. Mary explained that the main cause of her anxiety was that she was sure that economic concerns would affect her future. She explains that she fears depending on someone else. Mary do not like depending on others according to her explanations.
Mary explains that her main cause of loneliness is her inability to start and maintain successful relationships, every time, she even cried when she explained her recent break up. Mary explained to the assessor that she frequently goes through anger, hurt, rejection and disappointments from other people without sounding reason.
Mary explains that she has lost hope in everything. She claims that as people sees light at the tunnel for her, she sees differently. As the interview was ongoing, and the assessor asked many questions that triggered her trauma disorders, she cried. The assessor at point had identified problems she is facing, and recommended TA procedures to begin on the next day