Trauma can be a physical injury.
Trauma comes from a Greek concept that means " wound ." It is a physical injury generated by an external agent or an emotional blow that generates persistent damage to the unconscious.
Physical trauma is linked to a breakdown suffered by the body. A wound is technically the interruption of the continued extension of the mucous membranes or skin, which causes the inside of the body to communicate with the outside.
Examples of physical trauma
Sprains , fractures , and dislocations are examples of trauma. They generally do not pose a risk to life, although they can cause disability in the person . A head injury , on the other hand, can be very risky since it threatens the central nervous system.
In the same way, it must be emphasized that among the various types of physical traumas, we must highlight others that are also characterized by being serious and that require a lot of attention and monitoring by medical professionals. Specifically, among those are the following:
– Trauma to the spine . In this case, the danger that a person has had this type of injury is that it could affect the spinal cord. If this occurs, it could lead to paralysis in the patient's extremities.
– Abdominal trauma . The urinary system, the digestive system and the blood vessels are those that suffer the consequences of this type of injury.
– Chest trauma . The respiratory and cardiac functions of a person's body are those that can be seriously affected by it.
In psychology, trauma is associated with excessive stress.
A psychological imbalance
A psychological trauma , for its part, is a negative and long-lasting emotion that puts the person 's well-being at risk. What trauma does is unbalance the subject's mental system and its existence from the point of view of emotions.
Trauma arises from high intensity fear ( terror ) or the lack of ability to control real or potential danger. It usually appears when the patient witnesses an event linked to the harm or death of another human being, or when he receives unexpected and tragic news related to a loved one.
Beyond the different currents of psychology , there is a consensus that a trauma is an event that generates excessive stress , which transcends usual experiences. For example: although it is logical to be afraid of fire, a person who suffers trauma from a fire may even be prevented from lighting a match or match.
The term trauma in film and music
In addition to everything mentioned, we cannot ignore the fact that the term trauma is very present in the world of culture and entertainment. Thus, for example, in the cinematographic field we must highlight the existence of a film titled "Trauma" , which was released in 2005 and was directed by Marc Evans . Colin Firth and Mena Suvari are some of the actors who participate in this production, which takes as its starting point the figure of Ben , a man who wakes up after having been in a coma for a while and discovers that his entire previous life has disappeared.
It should also be noted that there is also a musical group called Trauma , of Chilean origin, which falls within the metal genre.