While many people are able to heal from traumatic events with support from friends and family over time, others may find that they live with long-lasting emotions like fear or confusion even after the event has passed. Traumatic experiences include both short term effects such as feeling intense emotion during an incident followed by feelings of numbness afterward while other aspects last for years depending on how strong one was affected emotionally before experiencing traumas
Trauma can have a lasting impact on those who experience it, including deep emotional pain and posttraumatic stress. That’s why exploration of the trauma is important in order to help someone move past their painful memories.