How Trauma Changes Your Thinking

The video discusses how trauma can lead to cognitive distortions, affecting memory, perception, and emotions. It outlines four main distortions: feeling distant from others, feeling unsafe, self-blame and mistrust, and feeling powerless. The video provides strategies like journaling and grounding exercises to address these distortions and emphasizes the importance of therapy for deeper insights.

What is a common cognitive distortion related to trauma that affects relationships?

• Believing everyone is trustworthy

• Feeling overly attached to people

• Difficulty in feeling close to people

• Having no interest in relationships

How can journaling help in dealing with cognitive distortions?

• By ignoring past experiences

• By identifying and understanding emotional reactions

• By focusing only on positive experiences

• By avoiding introspection

What is a grounding exercise mentioned to manage feelings of unsafety?

• Listening to music

• Deep breathing

• Color awareness exercise

• Meditation

What is a common reaction to person-to-person trauma?

• Indifference to others

• Increased confidence

• Feeling empowered

• Self-blame and mistrust

What strategy is suggested for overcoming feelings of powerlessness?

• Avoiding all fears

• Relying solely on others

• Ignoring the problem

• Graded exposure

What can result from avoiding driving due to fear after a traumatic event?

• Complete elimination of fear

• Growth of fear into other areas

• Reduced anxiety

• Increased confidence

How can small wins help in dealing with feelings of powerlessness?

• By reinforcing the feeling of powerlessness

• By making the problem worse

• By showing that control is impossible

• By weakening the distortion of being powerless