Emotional Trauma Quiz (Free 3 Minute Quiz) ⋆ LonerWolf

The only way to overcome pain is to face it, embrace it, embrace it, and learn the lessons embedded within it.

– Adele Theron

All of us have experienced rejection, betrayal, neglect, humiliation, and even humiliation at the hands of someone in some way.

But at what point to be emotional it hurts becomes an emotion damaged?

What is emotional trauma?

Emotional trauma occurs when you are faced with a very extreme situation (e.g. terrible betrayal by a loved onesomeone’s suicide, etc.) body, heart and mind struggle for control strong emotions that come with such an amazing experience.

As a result, the body-mind system tends to enter a freezing conditioncharacterized by the feelings of insomnia, detachment from reality, and the sudden or eventual onset of severe symptoms such as chronic anxiety, depression, addiction, PTSD, or other life-disrupting conditions.

Emotional trauma can also occur due to ongoing situationsBeing bullied is like being trapped in an environment where you feel like you (as a child). self esteem destroyed or diminished, repeatedly betrayed, mistreated, negatively judged, ridiculed, etc.

To experiment abandonment trauma It is also a common form of emotional trauma in childhood.

Four components of trauma

Trauma is not something that happens to us. But what if we don’t have a sympathetic witness.

– Peter A Levine, PhD

According to psychotherapist and pioneer of Somatic Experiencing®, Peter LevineThere are four aspects of trauma that all traumatized people share to some extent:

1. Extreme excitement (ie being overly alert and cautious)
2. Compression (i.e. tense body)
3. Dissociation (i.e. disconnection from the here and now)
4. Freezing (inactivity), associated with a feeling of helplessness

I use these four components of trauma as the basis for the emotional trauma test below.

Emotional trauma, inner workings, and mental well-being

Determining our level of emotional trauma is an important part of our inner work, which is:

… psychological and spiritual practice a deep dive into yourself for the purposes of self-exploration, self-awareness, healing, and spiritual transformation.

{What is internal work?}

When we work to heal, resolve, or integrate trauma, a large amount of internal energy is released, it allows us to grow and blossom in ways that are unimaginably beautiful and profound.

Thus, healing emotional trauma is an important part of our awakening journey Soul work as lone wolves and seekers of our true path in life.

We often begin this healing quest step by step five and six of the journey of the spiritual traveler.

Emotional trauma test

Healing does not mean the pain was never there. This means that damage cannot control our lives.

– K. Salmanson

The free emotional trauma test below is not intended to “diagnose” you in any way. This is a tool you can use to brighten up your interior.

Please use this test as a door to introspection and next steps, not as an analysis of your character or events in your life.

Whatever you get, it’s not entirely true, and if you think it’s wrong, that’s fine, because it might be!

Trust your intestines and your inner knowing is paramount – this test only (imperfectly) attempts to provide you with some potential insights and healing pathways.

If at any point you feel uncomfortable while taking this test, please walk away immediately and seek support, grounding, and centering. Return to this test only when you feel safe inside.

what did you get

If you’re comfortable, I’d love for you to share your results in the comments. You never know who will be comforted by your words or presence.