Trauma, a term derived from the Greek term for ‘wound’. Terrifying or emotionally disturbing events and situations may create an outcome of a psychological wound (trauma). Traumatic events are distressing incidents, that interfere with an individual’s daily life. These may be threatening towards a person’s life, psychological or physical health. Each individual human, has a different reaction to similar situations. The same one event may have polar opposite reactions by different people. The same situation may result in little impact on one individual, but may cause serious psychological harm and distress to another. Individual’s whom experience a traumatic experience rend to recover well, with the help of their close relatives and friends.
