Info and tips - Processing trauma and violence

How do we process traumatic events?

Sexual assaults and experiences of violence are usually successfully processed. For this to happen, you need to face what you have experienced, process it and come to terms with it. A professional can help you with this.

What are flashbacks and why do I have them?

If you have experienced something bad, it may not be neatly stored in your memory. Instead of remembering it, you get so-called flashbacks when you are triggered. There are ways to overcome this.

Problems with myself and others after experiencing violence

In order to deal with a bad experience, we often switch to an emergency program. This helps you survive difficult situations, but it can interfere with your normal life.

Dissociation after traumatic events

Dissociation enables you to distance yourself from bad memories or feelings, or even from unwanted inner aspects of yourself. You might feel numb or strange or unreal. You might hurt yourself to bring yourself back from a dissociated state.

Mental disorders after experiencing violence

Whether it's depression, an eating disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or something similar: If you've been diagnosed with one of these, it helps to think of it not as an illness, but as an attempt to find a solution.