However, a person might experience trauma as a response to any event they perceive physically or emotionally threatening or harmful, often resulting in shock, denial and changes in the body, mind and behaviors. These painful events can cause individuals to feel negative about themselves, about other people, and about the world.

In their attempt to stop the pain they end up creating walls around them for protection to protect and safety. At the beginning they might feel like they found the answer to moving through life. However, those walls eventually start constraining them interfering with their growth and ability to experience the world with different lenses.

When the trauma is left unresolved it can show up in people’s lives in different ways such as sleep disturbances, stress, addiction, guilt, anxiety, shame, fear, disordered eating, weight gain and other health and wellness conditions.