Q What does emotional trauma mean?
Emotional trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event. It occurs when a traumatic situation or event exceeds the individuals ability to cope. Vatious occurences like death, accidents, terminal illnesses, abuse, neglect, vilolence etc can cause emotional trauma. Its manifestation could be in the form of shock, denial, anger, depression, anxiety etc. Several physical symptoms such as insomnia, fatigue, aches and pains etc can also arise as a result of emotional trauma.