March 15, 2009 It is no secret that trauma survivors get
depressed, and depression is the most commonly known and
experienced mental health disorder. Typical depression symptoms
include: - Suicidal thoughts, recurring death thoughts, death
wishes - Suicidal behavior and suicide attempts - Self
destructive behavior, self injury, self harm - Feelings of
worthlessness, guilt, self hatred, or not deserving to live -
Loss of energy, fatigue, excessive sleeping - Little or no
interest or pleasure in anything or anybody - Inability to
think, or to concentrate, or to make decisions - Significant but
unintentional changes in weight loss or weight gain -
Significant but unintentional changes in appetite - For
children, not making normal and expected weight gains and
physical growth For trauma survivors, depression can have
layered meanings beyond the typical medical symptoms. Repeated
patterned depressions can be very much related to a specific or
recurring trauma, or to a significant loss. For dissociative
survivors w