ABSTRACT
Trauma is part of the fabric of life and will touch all people sooner or later. However, they can experience a traumatic event and not be traumatised by it. There is a general consensus that trauma can be separated into two camps: ‘capital T' and ‘little t'. ‘Capital T' describes a distressing, life-altering event, or a number of events that shake people's foundation to the core. ‘Little t' encompasses the ongoing daily happenings, which have more of a steady drip, drip effect. Even the hardest rock can be shaped and eroded by the consistent dripping of water. Trauma recovery involves people beginning to integrate their experiences. Integration occurs in their brains and bodies and is shaped by their relationships with themselves and others. Trauma can have an impact on both people's explicit and implicit memory. Explicit memory is the memories people can remember; implicit memory is those that they cannot.
