Trauma

Big ‘T’ and small ‘t’ traumas In the landscape of trauma studies and therapy, two distinct categories have emerged: big ‘T’ and small ‘t’ traumas. These two groups serve to acknowledge the severity of single-event, easily identifiable big ‘T’ traumas, such as natural disasters, violence, war or abuse, while not dismissing the subtler, yet equally profound, effects of small ‘t’ traumas, such as dysfunctional households, divorce, or financial insecurity. Big ‘T’ traumas are the catastrophic events that rupture one’s sense