Trauma can affect your private and professional life. Intrusive thoughts and memories can trigger strong emotional and behavioral reactions. Many traumatized people constantly think about hurting themselves may have low self-esteem.
Trauma interferes with daily life. Traumatized people often face problems performing activities of daily living and report low quality of life. They live in constant fear of reliving the memories of the traumatic event and go to great lengths (including cutting themselves off from society) to avoid trauma triggers.