Intersections: Adult Trauma

Adult Trauma

Previous or current traumatic experiences in adulthood may cause long term negative impact, which may complicate recovery from childhood sexual abuse. Childhood sexual abuse may make adult survivors more vulnerable to interpersonal victimization as adults. Sometimes adult trauma triggers memories of childhood sexual abuse.​

Examples of adult trauma include:

- Domestic Violence /Intimate Partner Violence​
- Sexual Assault​
- Sex or Labor Trafficking​
- Gun Violence ​
- Death of a Partner or Child​
- Suicide of a Loved One​
- Serious Injury​
- Serious Physical or Mental Illness​
- Immigration Trauma​
- Natural Disasters​
- War Trauma