In this episode of Mental Health Matter, Evan, our resident addiction and mental health therapist, talks about the two broad categories of trauma and trauma response that can lead to PTSD. Perhaps you have been through one of these, and it is helpful to know how these different forms of traumatic experiences can affect us.
Evan: Addiction and mental health is important. We discuss matters around mental health. Always got to say that at the beginning. Mental health matters.
So I'm working hard on a trauma series for cadres. It's gonna be like 1520 videos, something like that. I've got about, I guess, seven done editing them by hand myself. I'm excited.
Today I want to talk about two concepts that are rolled into one in trauma. Let's see if we get people coming in. I would love and encourage anyone to ask questions. You could always ask me questions. I'll bring it up next week on our ask me anything episode.
When trauma professionals speak about PTSD trauma, there's typically two general categories that they break it down into: simple trauma versus complex trauma. If you have a simple trauma that often leads to PTSD, it's going to be something big. There's also something called prolonged grief disorder, which is new.
Alright, folks, welcome to mental health matters. I'm Evan, your resident addiction and mental health therapist. We discuss matters around mental health. Addiction and mental health is important. Hence, mental health matters. Always got to say that at the beginning. So today is our topic day. So I brought a topic, and that is about trauma. So I'm working hard, oh, so hard, on a trauma series for cadres. It's gonna be like 1520 videos, something like that. I've got about, I guess, seven done editing them by hand myself.
Anyways, so that's coming out. I'm excited. So I wanted to, you know, bring up some of the topics and do, like, a quick overview, try to get you excited for the series to come out, give you a little teaser. And so today I want to talk about two concepts that are rolled into one in trauma, and that is basically the two types of trauma. So let's see if we get people coming in. The beacon has gone out. Hopefully we get some folks in the live. You know, you always have a quiet, live attendees who don't like saying anything.
That's okay. They like to be observers, not necessarily participants. But I would love and encourage anyone to ask questions. And remember, you could always ask me questions. You could put it in the community feed, comment on any of my videos. I should be getting that notification, and I'll bring it up next week on our ask me anything episode. But today, let's talk about the two main types of trauma. So when trauma professionals, therapists speak about PTSD trauma, there's typically two general categories that they break it down into, and that is simple trauma versus complex trauma.
So a simple trauma you could think of as, like, a singular incident that happens. Typically, it's something really big. Oh, you might. What's going on, Luke? I feel like Luke. That'd be a good australian name. All right, Luke, how you doing? I've been working on my australian accent here, trying to get it right. I like to get it to a point where they don't realize that I'm not from here. And that right there is one of the greatest signs that you nailed that australian accent. See, that was good.
That one, I just nailed that one. Sometimes you do it and you, like, slip an american word out and you're like, oh, that didn't sound good. That one I nailed. Anyways, simple trauma. So if you have a simple trauma that often leads to PTSD, it's going to be something big, right? You think of, like, natural disasters. I talk about the I 35 w bridge collapse in Minneapolis where, you know, people were just on the highway in rush hour traffic, on a bridge over the Mississippi, and it just collapsed.
Many people just fell 40ft down in their cars into the water. Many people survived, some didn't. Right. So, I mean, something like that is really going to shake you up. Hurricane Katrina, maybe. A certain. A lot of the veterans I work with, they'll identify a couple different situations that really stood out for them and really shook them up. A friend dying in front of them. I had one. It was not necessarily a combat. They were part of, like a. They were a mechanic in the air force, I believe, or something like that.
And it was a while ago and they were part of, like, a crash that happened and witnessed it. So. Yeah, so, like, when it comes to trauma, it's like experiencing a trauma, witnessing a trauma. And these are all, like, the categories now, they say that it can't necessarily be you, like, hearing about something, nor is it like grief, you know, because, like, say someone dies, that's like, you know, actually a healthy reaction is to have grief. However, there's actually. I'm kind of going on these little tangents, but it's relevant.
We have something called prolonged grief disorder, which is actually new. It's one of the only, like, new notable diagnoses in the new DSM that came out two years ago. Was it. Time flies, but prolonged grief disorder, where basically the loss of a loved one exceeds, really, the typical length. I think it's like a year. Like, if you're still, like, having trouble functioning over it, you know? And again, this is just how we describe disorders, you know, it's just how. That's how we encapsulate human experiences that are difficult for people.
Right. So it's. There's not a perfect way of doing it, so it's basically just.
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