What Is Relational Trauma? Why It’s So Hard to See—And So Important to Name

Most people’s idea of trauma is of large, dramatic events. A natural disaster. An accident. A furious outburst. Something clear, urgent, and intense. But for many of us—especially those of us dealing with the long-term consequences of childhood complex trauma—our trauma wasn’t any of those things. No one struck us. Or they might have, but […]