This fact sheet provides information about complex trauma and how it is different to the trauma of a single incident.
It describes the different ways in which an adult can live with complex trauma impacts, either from repeated adverse childhood experiences or repeated traumas as an adult.
It builds understanding as to why complex trauma can have greater impacts than the trauma of a one off incident.
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