Fact sheets

This fact sheet can help you if you are supporting a family member, friend, partner or someone you care about to recover from childhood trauma or abuse.

If you experienced trauma or abuse as a child this fact sheet can help you understand more about how what happened to you might have affected you.

Understanding the possible impacts of complex trauma including childhood trauma and abuse on the body, mind and emotions.

People who experience complex trauma especially from childhood develop a range of coping strategies which are protective at first but often less protective over time.

People with complex trauma experiences are often triggered and experience changes in their level of arousal.

This fact sheet explains the stress response, which is our normal survival - fight, flight and freeze response.

Explaining the stress response, which is our normal survival – fight, flight and freeze response.

What trauma means, how common it is and how it can affect people. This fact sheet also explores the different groups who experience trauma more frequently than others.