Trauma doesn’t always look the way people expect.

It’s not always obvious.

Sometimes it shows up as anxiety.
Or irritability.
Or feeling constantly on edge.

Sometimes it looks like:

• overthinking everything

• avoiding certain people, places, or situations

• struggling to relax, even when nothing is wrong

• feeling emotionally numb or disconnected

• reacting in ways you don’t fully understand

You may even find yourself thinking:

“Why am I like this?”
“Why can’t I just move on?”

But trauma isn’t something you can just think your way out of.

Because trauma isn’t just in your thoughts.

If you’ve lived through something painful—whether recently or long ago—and you still feel like it’s living inside of you, you’re not imagining things.