Common Trauma Responses

These responses may seem like:

  • Loss of control
  • Tantrums
  • Outbursts
  • Being too sensitive
  • Defiance
  • Verbal and physical aggression
  • Zoning out
  • Ignoring
  • Not listening
  • Nervousness
  • Laziness
  • Detaching
  • Pretending to be ill
  • Manipulation
  • Other difficult behaviors.

Older youth may also engage in risk behaviors like drug or alcohol use, unhealthy sexual activity, or running away.