What Is Trauma? Big T, Little T, and Why It Might Be You

Have you ever reacted to something and thought — why did I react like that? Or carried a weight you couldn't quite name?

Today we're breaking down what trauma actually is — plainly, warmly, and without the jargon. Because if you're living in the Netherlands as an expat or immigrant, building a life far from home, navigating a foreign healthcare system, raising children in a second language — this conversation is for you.

We're joined by Adina Petre, clinical psychologist and trauma therapist , who will be joining us monthly to help us understand ourselves a little better, one episode at a time.

In this episode:
— What trauma actually is (and what it isn't)
— The difference between Big T and Little T trauma
— Why the nervous system doesn't grade on a curve
— What happens when we stay in survival mode for too long
— And why your experience is real, because it happened to you — and that is enough

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