There are bad experiences.
They may have happened a long time ago.
A few months or many years.

For example:

• a very serious accident
• beating or hitting
• sexual abuse as a child or teenager
• rape
• experiences in a war
• name-calling, insults or being left out

These bad experiences can turn into trauma.

Any person
who has experienced trauma
is overwhelmed by it.
Trauma is a bad experience, so bad,
that it feels impossible to cope with.

The body and the mind remember
these bad experiences.
That is why a person can even feel bad many years later.