Trauma is the experience of overwhelm of stimulation (energetic charge) in our bodies as the result of an event. It happens when this stimulation gets stuck and stored in the body. Trauma is stored for different reasons - We don't have safety after the event ends to discharge the energy - We don't have an empathetic witness to help us process the energy - We have a trauma history Debilitating symptoms that many people suffer in the aftermath of a perceived life threatening or overwhelming experience. Trauma is not an experience of the past. It is an experience of the here and now. It is not thought, it is felt.