The Blue Knot Foundation has made a lot of easy read fact sheets.
These fact sheets tell you about complex trauma, like childhood trauma and abuse.
The fact sheets are for
- people who have experienced trauma and
- people who support others through trauma.
The fact sheets you can find on this page are
- information about how to support adults with experiences of complex childhood trauma
- information about trauma-informed principles and how to use them
- information about the differences between a trauma response and a stress response
- information about how complex trauma can affect emotions, arousal and disassociation
- information about coping strategies
- information about the possible impacts of complex childhood trauma
- information about healing and recovery from complex trauma