Trauma

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Trauma refers to a deeply distressing or disturbing experience or event that has a lasting impact on a person's mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Traumatic events often involve a sense of threat to one's life or bodily integrity, or witnessing such threats to others. Examples of traumatic experiences can include accidents, natural disasters, physical or sexual assault, combat, severe illness or injury, the sudden loss of a loved one, childhood abuse, or ongoing exposure to violence. Trauma can lead to a wide range of psychological and physiological symptoms, including flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance of reminders of the event, mood swings, anxiety, depression, difficulties with concentration and memory, altered sleep patterns, and physical health problems.