Are you struggling with trauma or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? While dealing with trauma on its own can be a challenge, when trauma co-occurs with substance use issues, it can make recovery even more difficult. If you’re in this type of situation, look for a trauma therapy program to help you heal. When you experience trauma, you may not know how to process it or start your healing journey. Although many people feel overwhelmed by such situations, the good news is that help is readily available in a rehab center. To learn more about your treatment options, contact TruHealing Centers today at 833.641.0572.
Common Causes of Trauma
Trauma is a mental health condition that can result from experiencing excessive physical, emotional, or psychological stress. The stressing factor can be a single, repetitive, or ongoing event.
An intensive single event trauma occurs when a one-time event becomes so devastating that your brain is unable to recover. Such circumstances include rape, horrible car accidents, robbery, mugging, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism.
Repetitive and ongoing trauma is a stressful event that usually persists for an extended period of uninterrupted time. The traumatic event might also reoccur. Examples of such events include neglect (physical or psychological) of a profound nature, experiencing physical or sexual abuse, witnessing violence against others, extensive medical procedures or chronic illnesses, prolonged torture, and military combat.
Dealing with the stress resulting from a traumatic event demands special techniques that a traumatized person may not possess. The victim may need expert help to develop protective psychological mechanisms to deal with the pressure.
With professional help, a person’s traumatized mind can reconcile the sense of self with the trauma. Failure to seek prompt medical intervention interferes with your life since your brain will be stuck in the past due to troubling traumatic memories.
A trauma therapy program can help you understand your trauma, the connection between your present life and the traumatic event, and how you can manage it.
Insight into Trauma and Addiction
Traumatic experiences can cause psychological health problems that make you vulnerable to resorting to substance use as a coping mechanism. Although substance use leads to more problems, many people use alcohol and drugs to suppress their trauma.
However, substance use usually conceals the harmful symptoms of traumatic experiences, such as the inability to manage relationships or trust others, nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, depression, emotional outbursts, irrational mood swings, and psychological disintegration.
A trauma therapy program can help people struggling to overcome addiction live sober lives. When you complete the treatment duration in a rehab center, you can stop relying on substances to numb severe anxiety, depression, or mask stress related to trauma.
For those struggling with co-occurring trauma and substance use disorders, and variety of treatment programs and approaches can be helpful, including:
- Medically-assisted detox
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Medication-assisted treatment program
- Intensive outpatient program
- Partial hospitalization program
- Sober living homes
What Are the Goals of a Trauma Therapy Program?
Before undertaking any therapy program, it’s important to know what to expect. Trauma therapy can help you develop the healthy coping skills you need to face triggers in the future. Additionally, trauma therapy can help you prevent relapse if you’re in recovery from a substance use disorder.
The primary goals of trauma therapy include:
- Facing the reality of your past traumatic event
- Boosting your daily functioning
- Regaining control over your life
- Raising hereditary trauma awareness
- Shifting your brain’s focus from past to present events
Contact TruHealing Centers Today
If you’re struggling with trauma, it’s essential to seek professional help immediately. Mental health experts reveal that it’s common for a stress disorder to cause secondary problems that may be challenging to overcome when not addressed quickly. For complete recovery from trauma, visit a rehab center today and enroll in a trauma therapy program. Contact TruHealing Centers today by calling 833.641.0572 for more information.
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