What is Medical Trauma?
Some signs you may be impacted by medical trauma include: frequent distressing thoughts, memories, or dreams about past medical events, avoidance of certain medical situations, feeling mentally distant/zoned out or anxious when in medical settings, and changes in mood (irritable, depressed, frequently disassociated, etc).
Coping with a New Medical Diagnosis
Chronic illness comes with a grieving process. You are coming to terms with some new realities that weren’t part of your life plans.