What is the Difference Between Acute, Chronic, and Complex Trauma?
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- This video describes the difference between acute, chronic, and complex trauma. When I use the word trauma, I'm referring to trauma as it's looked at in the definition of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental health disorder that requires a qualifying traumatic event. These different types of trauma are sometimes used in determining what kind of care would be appropriate or necessary. Acute trauma is also referred to as simple trauma, and this usually means when there's one traumatic event in someone's history. It would be potentially the focus of treatment or may have led to posttraumatic stress disorder. whether there was a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder or not, this would just involve one event. This could be a motor vehicle accident, a natural disaster, a workplace injury or some event that just occurs one time. Chronic trauma has multiple events. Complex trauma is often thought of as being the same thing as chronic trauma, however, with complex trauma sometimes there's an added set of criteria and that would include that the traumatic events were perpetrated by a caregiver or another trusted individual, there was a sense of betrayal, and the traumatic events happened during childhood. Regardless of the exact definition of complex trauma. the reason that this classification exists is because we believe that there is a likelihood of seeing particular symptoms or seeing more severe symptoms with complex trauma than with simple trauma. With complex trauma, it wouldn't be unusual to see relational difficulties, a sense of guilt and/or shame, low self-esteem, a distorted self-image, dissociation, difficulties regulating emotions, and a sense of hopelessness or a loss of meaning now.
I’ve always known the differences between acute, chronic and complex but to hear it explained in regards to trauma gave me a different view as it relates to mental health.
This video gave a good description of acute, chronic, and complex trauma.
(Clearer than I've ever gotten from a therapist!)
Honestly, this was the best thing I’ve heard all day. The more I’m learning about complex trauma. The less crazy I feel. I have every single symptom you mentioned for it. So glad to be going on this journey or learning more about it.
When I think of complex trauma I think of those who have been sexually and/or physically abused. Great examples
I can see where chronic and complex can be thought to be the same. I would like to think of complex as trauma having more depth to it and chronic is happening over and over.
Very informative explaining the differences between each acute, chronic, and complex trauma.
I'm a psychology student and I'm writing my thesis about trauma, thanks for making it simple!
Your videos help me so much! I am in a social work Masters program and they really help me understand all the concepts and theories. Thank you for making them!
There was great information given within this video on the different types of trauma, and the correct amount of care or treatment given. Before learning about trauma, I thought it had to come from a very extreme event, I had not thought of simple trauma or events that may occur one time that could affect a person in a particular way. I now have a better understanding of the levels associated with trauma, and this video is a great tool.
Understanding the differences in these trauma types will be greatly helpful to us as counselors because we can have a better understanding of how to treat our clients based on the type they have and the symptoms that they have. Very informative!
I like how this video breaks down and explains the different kinds of trauma.
I needed this thank you ... I needed to find your channel .. Severe Chronic Complex PTSD I am in the process of 3 court cases and being declared disabled mentally & physically ... its' left me on the street in animal shelters and in my car ... I have no treatment in my country I need to get to understand me via the web .. thank you for your insightful channel ..
Great video! I have always wanted to know detailed definitions of these three terms. I imagine that many mistakes are made when using these terms for diagnosis, and that a full knowledge primarily comes with experience.
This makes more sense about my ptsd
(Tyvm, just what I'm thinking too)
Always interesting
Your videos give good information.
Thank you
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I knew I had PTSD but was unaware it was complex. Thanks Dr. Grande
This was very helpful to understand the differences between acute, chronic, and complex trauma. However, how would you actually know one hundred percent that a client's trauma was caused by acute or chronic trauma? For example, how would a client and therapist know if the PTSD was caused by one trauma out of a series of traumas, or all of the traumas combined?
Very true
Great information
Thank you!
The concepts can easily be confusing. However it is important to distinguish them as of the presents of different symptoms and the types of treatments that could be effective.
This video was helpful to understand the different levels of trauma. The video provided symptom examples for complex trauma compared to acute trauma. I think that the symptoms are prevalent in all three but the severity may help determine what level.
I agree that the severity and other characteristics can help determine which type of trauma contributes to a disorder, specifically for complex trauma.
Damn ok, this makes sense. My diagnosis list says chronic PTSD- severe, but my therapist has been talking to me about complex trauma . My traumas effect every part of my life at the moment. The events have been snowballing together and causing me insomnia and manic-type episodes but I do not have bipolar .
is it possible to experience complex trauma, have traits of (multiple) personality and mood disorders, and not necessarily HAVE any of them ??? & what do i do in this case?
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I would like to hear your comments about symptoms thouht insertio thought blocking sttuttering clutering etc if possible
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So I deal with chronic trauma but also have complex trauma so would it be known as chronic trauma but also complex 🤷♂️
I think the distinction between chronic & complex trauma makes sense... I have 2 traumas in childhood (stutter & being gay, it's just personal issues, it doesn't involve the mistreat action of a caretaker). I have had suicide thoughts 3 times up until now... Now I'm 24, I have difficulty getting a job (due to stutter), and fear discrimination daily (due to my gay gender).
I wonder if it's possible that an abused individual feels no effects of trauma? Could that ever be a case? No trauma after?
Even though a person may experience more than one trauma, it can still be considered Acute trauma. This is so if the trauma can be traced to one single event.
acute trauma doesn't last that long. Chronic and complex trauma are more prolonged.
This makes sense. I thought the severity of the symptoms may be the difference.
We are in the midddle of a sexual assault epidemic where 20% of kids are raped by adulthood, and another 20% of young women are raped by the time they graduate from college, and no one even talks about it much less cares about finding solutions. Recent studies show that 80% of all suicide attempts are by victims of sexual assault, mostly in childhood. And yet when you speak of trauma you mention only the comparatively rare occurrences of natural disasters and car accidents. But the "mental health" practitioners surely do make a ton of money from sexual trauma survivors, don't you? So why would any of you be motivated to speak out to find a way to stop the epidemic that has killed far more people than covid ever did.
Borderline personality disorder is very similar to complex trauma
Yes it is - I recorded a video today, which will be published in a couple weeks, that discusses the controversy over Borderline Personality Disorder and Complex PTSD.
Yeah and Obsessive Personality Disorder has some similarities with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but they are not the same thing at all and should not be lumped together. It can feel very stigmatizing for people with just cPTSD to be compared with BPD when they also don’t have that as most have already been minimized / dismissed and told they are the one with the personality issue by the perpetrators of their abuse as a child.