What is Trauma Blocking?

Posted on Apr 17, 2023

After experiencing trauma, it is completely natural to want to forget all of it. Many people will do anything possible to forget. This is called trauma blocking. It means emotional avoidance of the pain we are feeling. It is behavior that is meant to suppress traumatic feelings so it is easier for one to cope in life. I mean after all, the less opportunity you have to think about the trauma, the easier it is to pretend it never...