• When they last for years
• When its not during childhood
• The more personal the worse it is

• Other's stories
• Vulnerability and stress - definitions
• Who else could I speak to?
• Find your GP
• Other sites you might find helpful
• Signs of a breakdown
• Steps to clarify what is happening to you

Things can happen that make life very difficult even when you are adult. How this affects you depends on the amount of coping skills you have learned.

For most of us though, going through an experience that lets you feel pinned down without control or power, leaves some mark - the stranger, longer, more different and traumatic the experience, the greater the risk of difficulties developing. It’s a known fact that ordinary people who have for instance been through a war scenario can emerge with a variety of problems that can last for a long time.