Thank you for your letter requesting information about childhood trauma and how to cope with it. Childhood trauma is usually due to exposure of intense violence or emotional events. It is characterized by having sleep problems, withdrawal, and feeling helpless. In your letter, it addressed all of the characteristics, but do not worry, there are coping mechanisms that can significantly reduce or even eliminate his trauma. One coping mechanism to eliminate social withdrawal would be to take advantage of having a lot of person to person interaction. In most cases of trauma, the victim often isolates him or herself because he/she feels as if no one understands. Although your son may feel that his isolation will make him better, it won't, since
