{"id":101774,"date":"2025-09-01T10:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therapievergelijk.nl\/?p=101774"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:06:05","slug":"recognising-complex-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapievergelijk.nl\/en\/complex-trauma-herkennen\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognising complex trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Complex trauma often occurs after long-term or repeated drastic events. Think of child abuse, emotional neglect or a violent home situation. Unlike a one-off traumatic experience, complex trauma often has profound and long-term effects on your feelings, behaviour and self-image. In this article, you will read what a complex trauma
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What is complex trauma?<\/h2>\n

Complex trauma usually involves prolonged stressful or threatening situations, often at a young age and with no possibility of escape. You can think of long-term mistreatment, abuse, neglect or living in an unsafe environment. Adults can also develop complex trauma, for instance after long-term domestic violence or imprisonment.<\/p>\n

The damage is not only in what has happened, but more importantly in the fact that trust in yourself and the world around you has been affected. This can cause you to get stuck in everyday life, without making an immediate link to your past<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n

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How do you recognise complex trauma?<\/h2>\n

People with complex trauma often experience more than just anxiety or re-experiences. There is usually long-term inner turmoil and problems in relationships and self-image. Many symptoms resemble those of post-traumatic stress, but are more deeply intertwined with personality and daily functioning.<\/p>\n