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Are we Trauma?❓

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... Read moreTrauma หรือบาดแผลทางใจ เป็นความเจ็บปวดภายในที่ส่งผลกระทบต่อจิตใจและพฤติกรรมในชีวิตประจำวันอย่างลึกซึ้ง หลายครั้งเราอาจไม่ทันรู้ตัวว่าสิ่งที่รู้สึกนั้นคือบาดแผลทางใจ ไม่ใช่แค่ความเศร้าหรือซึมเศร้าเท่านั้น ผมอยากเล่าประสบการณ์ที่ได้เรียนรู้จากการศึกษาลักษณะของ Trauma ซึ่งพบว่าอาการเหล่านี้มักแสดงออกผ่านพฤติกรรมและความรู้สึก เช่น ขอโทษบ่อยๆ ระแวดระวังตัวเองเกินไป ปวดท้องหรือกล้ามเนื้อเกร็งโดยไม่ทราบสาเหตุ การรู้สึกผิดเวลาพักผ่อน และความเหนื่อยล้าเรื้อรังแม้ว่าจะได้นอนพักแล้วก็ตาม ในชีวิตประจำวันผู้ที่มีบาดแผลทางใจอาจพบว่าการตัดสินใจทำได้ยากขึ้น รู้สึกชนวนกับเสียงหรือสัมผัสเล็กน้อย และกลัวความสุขเพราะรู้สึกว่าสิ่งดีๆ จะไม่คงอยู่ ชอบอยู่ในความวุ่นวายเพื่อเบี่ยงเบนจากความรู้สึกจริงๆ หรือปิดกั้นอารมณ์เพื่อรับมือกับความทรงจำที่เจ็บปวด นอกจากนี้ การพยายามพิสูจน์ตัวเองเพื่อให้คนอื่นเชื่อถือ หรือการพึ่งพาตัวเองอย่างสุดขีดโดยไม่ขอความช่วยเหลือ ก็เป็นอีกสัญญาณที่บ่งบอกถึง Trauma สำหรับคนที่สงสัยว่าตัวเองอาจมีบาดแผลทางใจ ลองสังเกตตัวเองว่ามีอาการเหล่านี้บ่อยแค่ไหน และอย่าลืมว่าการรับรู้และดูแลใจตัวเองเป็นขั้นตอนสำคัญที่จะช่วยให้ฟื้นฟูได้ดีขึ้น คุณไม่จำเป็นต้องเผชิญปัญหาเพียงลำพัง หากรู้สึกว่าอาการหรือความรู้สึกเหล่านี้ส่งผลกระทบต่อการใช้ชีวิต ควรปรึกษาผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านสุขภาพจิตเพื่อรับการช่วยเหลือที่เหมาะสมค่ะ

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