According to the World Health Organization, over 70 percent of people experience trauma, with an average of three events per person, and 78 percent of people who had a traumatic experience went on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).1

The psychological community has classically defined traumatic events as including natural disasters, serious accidents, terrorist acts, war, combat, rape, and other violent personal assaults. But trauma can also arise from experiences of loss of control, like medical trauma (including life-threatening illness, surgeries, and childbirth) and the

Trauma is the response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms our ability to cope, causes feelings of helplessness, changes our sense of self, and diminishes our ability to feel the full range of emotions and experiences.