Is It Possible To Be Happy After Trauma?

There is always a choice, regardless of the circumstances.

Trauma and happiness don’t feel like a natural coupling, yet they can be. Look at the happy expression on this young woman’s face. She is happy. She is having fun. She is not focused on what she can’t do. She is focused on what she can do. She has chosen to be happy.

She is not defined by her wheelchair. She is not defined by her circumstances. She is defined by her choices. She chooses to be happy.

There are 2 forms of trauma we will focus on. The first is physical trauma. The second is emotional/psychological. In certain situations, both will be present.

Physical trauma is generally associated with an accident or some type of attack.

For simplicity's sake think of it as anything that would legitimately take you to the emergency room.

Emotional/Psychological trauma is associated with painful experiences.

For simplicity’s sake think of emotional/psychological pain as the result of an identifiable event.

There is another category that I have never seen as an example of trauma but I believe it is. Birth defects are certainly a traumatic experience for the parents. Suddenly their world has changed. Depending on the nature of the limitations their child will experience, all of the expectations and dreams they had for this child may have just gone up in smoke. At the very least those expectations may need to be tempered. There will probably be unanticipated physical, emotional, and financial demands they were not prepared for.

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