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6 Shocking Ways Unhealed Trauma Takes Over Your Life
How trauma secretly controls your life and how to take back control.
Trauma is a word we hear everywhere these days, but most people don’t fully understand what it is, how it operates, or the ways it quietly takes control of their lives.
Trauma isn’t always the result of obvious, catastrophic events like a car accident, the death of a loved one, or surviving a natural disaster. Sometimes, the most enduring trauma stems from quieter, subtler wounds: the unspoken tension in a broken family, the betrayal of a trusted friend, the ache of neglect, or the sting of repeated failures after giving your all.
If you’ve ever experienced something that left you feeling unsafe, unseen, powerless, or helpless, chances are you’re carrying trauma.
And here’s the hard truth: unhealed trauma doesn’t simply stay in the past. It doesn’t just fade with time. It fixes itself into your thoughts and hijack your life in ways you can’t always see.
Here are six ways unhealed trauma can take over your life and why closure is crucial to living the life you want.
