EGEDEN Child and Trauma Foundation

We’ve explained to the children: 

“Things that change the course of our lives, are hard to cope with, upset us, make us feel vulnerable are called trauma”. 

Then, we’ve asked: 

“What do you think that causes trauma?”

Answers from 7 Year Olds

My friend yelling at me	The death of our teacher	Our toy getting broken
Our friends scaring us	Harming our friend	Our friend hitting us
Not to be loved	Losing our loved ones	Someone swearing at us
Upsetting our friend	Losing our friend	Earthquake
Big bear getting broken	Hitting	Someone threatening us
Falling from somewhere	Being mocked	Thief holding a sharp object
Having an accident	Our toy getting broken	New-born baby getting sick
The death of our loved ones	Our friends hitting us	Fire
Parents fighting	Someone swearing at us	Being kidnapped by someone
The death of our animals	Earthquake	Our parents getting divorced
Traffic accidents	Someone threating us	Our friends ill-treating us
Become disabled	Thief holding a sharp object	Yelling at someone
Being robbed by a thief	New-born baby getting sick	Getting lost in somewhere we don’t know
Being lied to	Losing our friends	Injuries
The death of our parents	Flood	Being alone at home when our parents go to buy groceries

 

Answers from 8 year olds

Attack	One of the parents killing the other parent	Being locked away in somewhere
Accident, getting injured	Child working in heavy works	Serious operations
Death	Someone from the family leaving home	Attack by an animal
Depression	Family not loving their child	Robbed by a thief
Fire	Being abducted	Getting cancer
Flood	Poisoning	Knife or armed attack
Attack by an animal	Being shot	Being short of breath
The death of our loved ones	Fatal diseases	Having a fight
Parents fighting	Surgery	Being disabled permanently
The death of our pets	Father using slang	Being poor
Our friend going abroad	Father drinking alcohol	Mine accidents
Being mocked	Having a traffic accident	Getting disabled
Anne ve babanın ciddi kavga etmesi	Babanın içkiliyken kavga çıkarması ve şiddet uygulaması	Küsmek
Dear friend of mine insulting me	Drug addiction	Robbed by a thief
Domestic violence	Accidents, injuries	Being locked away in the restroom
Plane crushing	Getting locked in the room	Torture
Moms using insulting words	Being on a trial	Traffic accident
Parents hitting	Plane crushing	Terrible accidents
Having a heart attack	Death	Being hungry
Falling from the height	Getting kicked out of home	Getting beaten
Getting into jail	Getting abandoned	Parents breaking up
Parents marrying someone else	War	Immigration
Martyrizes	Adults scaring children	Having a heart attack
Death	Being in the dark	Earthquake
Permanent diseases	Drowning	Death of our pets
Being sent to boarding school	Falling from the height

 

Answers from 9 year olds

Having a fight	Being cheated on	Being short of air in a closed area
Poisoning	Watching a horror movie	Flood hazard
Getting broken up with your sweetheart	Getting scared of the ball in the keep	War
Being chased by a dog	Getting beaten up	Avalanche falling
Getting mocked	The death of our loved ones	Women’s chins getting withdrawn
Getting stuck in the elevator	Getting stabbed	Thief getting into our house
Being stung by a snake	Coming across with wild animals	Staying locked down in a room
Accidents	Being abducted	Having an accident, getting hit by a car
Shootings	Drowning	Death
Getting beaten up	Being isolated amongst friends	Being subjected to violence
Fire	Our father going away to a war	Fatal diseases
Having a surgery	Getting envied	Being sworn at
Fear of getting murdered	Hitting something while swimming in the sea	Bad incidents we’ve witnessed
Divorce	Getting troubled	Losing someone
Earthquake

Answers from 10 year olds

Earthquake	​Accident, getting injured	Death
Depression	Fire, getting burnt	Flood
War	Fight	Family problems
Getting abandoned	Being hard don	Being an orphan
Negative incidents we’ve witnessed	Divorce	Getting lost
Failure	Getting mocked	Peer abuse
Being financially unstable	Getting compared by someone else	Fatal diseases
Getting crossed	Grudge, hatred, revenge	Remaining paralysed
Substance abuse	Violence, getting beaten up	Being taken as a prisoner
Getting into jail	Break-ups	Immigration
Environmental pollution	Secret affairs	Cheat on and being cheated on
Being cheated on by someone	Staying in the dark	Parents fight
Staying closed at somewhere	High pressure	Being forgotten
Family fight	Being abandoned	Insecurity
The suicide of our loved one	Living in a dirty environment	Getting disabled
Being disabled	Committing a crime	Being told bad words
Seeing blood	Being subjected to violence	Serious diseases
Constantly using medicine	Being sworn at our family	Getting injection
Being alone	Exams	Our home being robbed
Seeing a dead	Returning from the dead	Being witness to a bad incident
Getting lost	Having a serious surgery	Getting fired, gettind kicked out from the school
Getting tortured	Drowning hazard	Being abused
Terror	Being depressed	Using substance, alcohol
Getting beaten up	Being disabled	Getting wrong treatment
Lightning	Watching a horror movie	Living with someone with mental disorders
Poisoning	alcoholic	Being threatened