Trauma is an invisible weight that can affect your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours long after an event has passed. Many people carry unresolved trauma without even realising it, impacting their relationships, confidence, and overall well-being. Recognising the signs of unresolved trauma is the first step toward healing—and professional life coaching can guide you on this journey.
1. Persistent Anxiety or Fear
If you constantly feel on edge, worried, or fearful without an obvious reason, it could be a sign that past trauma is affecting your present. Trauma often keeps the nervous system in a heightened state, making it hard to relax or feel safe.
How Coaching Helps:
Through trauma-informed coaching, you’ll learn techniques to manage triggers, reduce anxiety, and regain a sense of calm. Tools like mindfulness, grounding exercises, and cognitive reframing empower you to take control of your emotional responses.
2. Difficulty Trusting Others
Unresolved trauma can make it hard to trust friends, family, or colleagues. You might feel guarded, suspicious, or withdrawn, which can affect your personal and professional relationships.
How Coaching Helps:
Life coaching creates a safe, non-judgmental space to explore these trust issues. By developing self-awareness and emotional intelligence, you can gradually rebuild trust, establish healthy boundaries, and form meaningful connections.
3. Repeated Negative Thought Patterns
Trauma often manifests as persistent negative thoughts or self-criticism. You might replay past events, blame yourself, or feel “stuck” in a loop of self-doubt and guilt.
How Coaching Helps:
Coaching helps identify limiting beliefs and replace them with empowering perspectives. Techniques like thought reframing, goal-setting, and mindset shifts provide practical strategies for breaking free from negative loops.
4. Emotional Instability or Mood Swings
Rapid mood changes, irritability, or feeling overwhelmed by small events can indicate unresolved trauma. The emotional brain remains reactive, making it hard to regulate feelings consistently.
How Coaching Helps:
Through targeted coaching and emotional regulation strategies, you can learn to recognise triggers, respond rather than react, and develop healthier coping mechanisms. Over time, this fosters emotional balance and resilience.
5. Avoidance or Disconnection
Avoiding situations, people, or emotions that remind you of past trauma is common. This can show up as procrastination, isolation, or numbing behaviours, which limit personal growth and opportunities.
How Coaching Helps:
Trauma-informed coaching supports you in facing uncomfortable emotions safely, gradually confronting triggers, and reconnecting with your life and purpose. This builds confidence, empowerment, and a renewed sense of control.
Healing Is Possible
Unresolved trauma doesn’t have to define your life. With the right support, guidance, and personalised strategies, you can process past experiences, regain emotional freedom, and thrive in your personal and professional life.
Trauma Recovery Life Coaching with Bryn Lotter combines evidence-based techniques like the Rewind Technique with holistic life coaching, helping clients process trauma, shift mindset, and achieve meaningful growth.
Ready to take the first step toward healing?