To begin the first lesson, we were presented with a definition of “trauma.” Trauma happens when an external threat overwhelms a person’s internal and external positive coping skills. Any given person can experience trauma in his or her own way and through a variety of different happenings. Through this lesson we learned that there are three E’s that stand for the three categories in which a traumatic event can be described - events, experiences, and effects. It is assumed that there must be a traumatic event, but experience refers to how an individual deals with the event and deciding if it will become traumatic for them or not. And effect refers to the effect that having a traumatic event happen will affect the victim’s life. These three E’s
