What does emotional trauma feel like?

What Emotional Trauma Feels Like

Trauma can evoke a range of initial responses that may include feelings of exhaustion, confusion, sadness, anxiety, agitation, numbness, and dissociation. Individuals might also experience physical arousal and a blunted affect. Many of these reactions are quite typical and are encountered by a majority of survivors; they are generally considered socially acceptable, psychologically valid, and tend to resolve on their own.