: a highly unpleasant emotional reaction (as anguish, humiliation, or fury) which results from another's conduct and for which damages may be sought. called also emotional harm, mental anguish, mental distress, mental disturbance, mental suffering.
Suffering from severe fear, anxiety, or depression. Unable to form close, satisfying relationships. Experiencing terrifying memories, nightmares, or flashbacks. Avoiding more and more anything that reminds you of the trauma.
If he won't talk to you, that's a clear sign that he's emotionally hurt. This is especially true if he ghosts you out of nowhere. The motives for ignoring someone vary. For instance, he might want to send a strong message that you really hurt him and that he doesn't feel safe telling you his true feelings.
A broken man is just a person who can't trust as easily, can't give as much and can't open his heart as fully anymore, no matter how badly he wants to. I have dated a lot of these broken men. I see a similar pattern. Most are in their mid-to-late 30s or older, and are finally ready to settle down.
Emotional trauma is the end result of events or experiences that leave us feeling deeply unsafe and often helpless. It can result from a single event or be part of an ongoing experience, such as chronic abuse, bullying, discrimination or humiliation.
It happens when someone becomes completely overwhelmed by their current situation and temporarily loses control of their behaviour. This loss of control can be expressed verbally (eg shouting, screaming, crying), physically (eg kicking, lashing out, biting) or in both ways.
Difficulty trusting others. Feeling unsafe. Using drugs, alcohol or behaviors to numb anxiety or distress. Avoiding friends, loved ones or activities you used to enjoy.
Trauma can make it extremely difficult to maintain relationships as it forces us to constantly remain in 'fight or flight' mode. Feeling constantly on edge and that you need to be on high alert at all times makes it extremely difficult to trust another person.
For most of us, hurting others causes us to feel their pain. And we don't like this feeling. This suggests two reasons people may harm the harmless – either they don't feel the others' pain or they enjoy feeling the others' pain. Another reason people harm the harmless is because they nonetheless see a threat.
One of the best ways you can be there for and support your partner is to help them get the support they need. This could be encouraging them to talk with a therapist, talk to a therapist with them, remind them to take their medication, or helping them to focus on self-care.
Those traumatic experiences in our lives are unchangeable, and they may affect us or keep affecting us in the future. Although we cannot undo the past, we can heal from them, and know that healing is still possible.
