Trauma hides behind our problems preventing us from having successful, stress free lives. Trauma hides behind anxiety, depression, PTSD, conflict, addiction, stress, anger, relationship issues, emotional problems, negative thinking and mental health symptoms. At its core it's an ancient defense system that helped you survive whatever difficult experience you were having or are having. It's a central nervous system that chose to protect you, that chose to survive, only you can't access that stuck material alone, and that lack of access, leads to all the symptoms of trauma you might be experiencing.