SYMPTOMS OF TRAUMA: AGES 13-18
Every adolescent has problems at school or gets angry sometimes. The following symptoms indicate the child has experienced a traumatic event if they are excessive or interfere with the child's or family's lives.
- Unusually high level of anger
- Aggression towards family and others
- Verbal abuse towards others
- Overly controlling
- School problems
- Difficulty concentrating
- Suicidal thoughts or actions
- Drug or alcohol use
- Associating with negative peers or adults
- Risky behaviors, including sexual behaviors
- Unhealthy romantic relationships
- Self harm
- Panic attacks
- Shame
- Flashbacks
- Hostility
- Hoarding of food
- Overly self-reliant
- Running away
- Starting fights
- Trouble relating to peers
- Defiant
- Mistrustful
- Inability to see a future (expects to die young)
- Alienated
- Stomachaches, headaches and other physical complaints
- Withdrawal from friends and family
- Acting out in social situations
- Avoidance of situations that remind the child of the trauma
- Eating problems
- Nightmares
- Sleeplessness
- Irritability
- Inability to trust others or make friends
- Poor self esteem
- Loneliness
- Confusion
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