Trauma: Maladaptation, Not Just Bad Events #shorts

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Trauma is maladaptation.

[00:00:03]We tend to think of it as something bad was done to us.

[00:00:08]And we focus really very much on the external event and then people say, "Well, I don't have any trauma cuz this didn't happen and this didn't happen, you know."

[00:00:16]But it's really maladaptation, which means that we're adapting to our unhealthy environment or we're adapting to the environment in an unhealthy way. So, maybe I was made fun of at school.

[00:00:30]And then I kind of retreat into my fantasy world and I don't learn how to socialize or connect with people.

[00:00:39]That's trauma. Yeah.

[00:00:41]Hm. That's trauma.