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Understanding Trauma Part 2: You Are the Intervention

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1.  How does trauma impact our health & wellness?
  1. It strengthens our immune system.
  2. It keeps us stuck in fight, flight or freeze mode.
  3. It makes us tired.
  4. It has no impact.
2.  What is Vicarious Trauma?
  1. Living with someone and dealing with their mess.
  2. Getting stuck in a trauma response.
  3. The emotional residue of exposure from working with traumatized people.
  4. Accompanying someone to the therapist.
3.  Name two ways vicarious trauma shows up in our lives and work.
  1. Absenteeism & Negative Perception
  2. Meanness & Overwhelm
  3. Sadness & Grief
  4. Laughter & Exhaustion
4.  What can cause someone to become “triggered”?
  1. Watching the news
  2. Noises, Smells, or Sounds
  3. Traveling with a child
  4. Getting older
5.  What is Self-Regulation?
  1. being triggered
  2. how we respond to our colleagues
  3. the ability to see yourself in a mirror
  4. an internal (individual/self) response to change
6.  Our ability to regulate our emotions is directly related to our _______ in the first years of life.
  1. flexibility
  2. attachment/safe bonding
  3. courage
  4. achievement
7.  When we attune to another person, we are becoming fully immersed in the emotional world of that person in the ____________.
  1. present moment
  2. distant past
  3. coming future
  4. midst of drama
8.  What does it mean to “be present”?
  1. to sit in the past
  2. to be in attendance
  3. becoming aware of what’s happening as it happens
  4. thinking about what’s coming next
9.  Which is NOT a part of being Egoless?
  1. Third-person thinking
  2. Aware of others’ perspective & perceptions
  3. Focused on the emotional comfort of others
  4. Selflessness
10.  What is the S in the acronym G.R.A.P.E.S.?
  1. Systemic
  2. Surfing
  3. Supported
  4. Sustainable

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