Are you affected by childhood trauma? Watch this ⬆️ After going through a traumatic event, it’s normal to develop a range of responses and coping mechanisms to survive the experience. Trauma responses are individuals’ immediate, automatic reactions to a traumatic event. These responses can be emotional, physical, and psychological. Examples include the fight, flight, or freeze response, dissociation, and numbness. Coping mechanisms are intentional and conscious behaviours individuals use to mana