I just finished another Enneagram workshop this weekend. The Embodied Enneagram. More info stuffed into my head. More verification on who I am and what I need to work with. More info on how others perceive the world.

I have a new definition of Trauma. Trauma is an experience that is overwhelming or life threatening. It creates an impact and issues that you will need to deal with later. It matters what the person experiences, not what the event is.

This is like the word Awesome. The word means to be in awe of something and we use it for things that are a much lower level. What I mean by overwhelming is where you have no more ability to cope and you short circuit. Life threatening is when you believe you are not going to come out of it alive. That is trauma. It can be something quick like a car crash or long term like a hostile living arraignment.