#traumatised

To everyone asking if what they went through was ‘really’ trauma: it was. If you feel you were traumatised by it, then it was trauma. There’s nothing more to it than that.

My therapist told me that trauma is any situation in which you felt helpless that has had a lasting impact on you. Trauma doesn’t always feel “traumatic” at the time. You’re valid in your emotions even long after something has happened.