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.

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