If You Have Trauma That Also Means You Have Anxiety + Depression…

When I had trauma I used to think, "Sure I had trauma," but I have good mental health in general.

I didn't realise that the three are actually connected and whenever you hear your trauma, you also hear your anxiety plus depression.

Let me explain: unfortunately trauma is these unprocessed emotions, which are stuck in our body and that we wanted to process at the time of the traumatic event but we couldn't for whatever reason.

That will lead to our nervous system being in survival mode, which means we will choose instant over delayed gratification because that is our natural instinct.

As a result of that, we will be in an almost constant state of fight-or-flight mode a lot.

What does that cause?

It causes anxiety and what does choosing instant gratification and going against your goals cause?

Depression.

The thing is there are people who said to me that they feel like they've healed from their depression and anxiety but they have a lot of trauma.

It doesn't make much sense because generally speaking the symptoms of unhealthy trauma will really give you these two major mental illnesses.

I just want to say, by the way, that healing your trauma is the most efficient way to heal all three at once and it's kinda like a bonus that it heals anxiety and depression.

Don't slack on trauma healing.

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If You Have Trauma That Also Means You Have Anxiety + Depression…