Understanding Stress & Trauma

Trauma is an emotional response to an intense event that threatens or causes harm. It is often the result of an overwhelming amount of stress that exceeds one's ability to cope with or accept the emotions involved with that experience.

An event that a person cannot control, or in which there is a perceived lack of control, can cause trauma. Trauma may result from a single distressing experience, or from recurring events of being overwhelmed.

Our students are shouldering immense impacts of trauma. Trauma is not the end of our story; with intentional, healing-centered efforts and knowledge, we can manage it.