Not all traumas make noise. Some sit in the little pauses, in the words that were never said, and in the rooms where no one noticed you. We often associate trauma with major events – accidents, losses, violence. But the truth is that many wounds arise unseen. When a child repeatedly feels rejected, ignored, belittled – or learns that it is easier to be the strong one than to show needs. These emotional traumas can be as profound as physical ones. They are stored in the nerv