[Blue Butterfly]

I want to know how differnt personality types handle trauma. As an INFP I get all emotioanl while trying to work through the emotions of the issue. If something physical is borken like a car is carshed I can handle that with no problems getting that fixed or replaced. But it takes a very long time for my emotions to get back to normal. What about other people? How do you deal with trauma and what type are you?

[Danse Macabre]

For the most part, I try to put it behind me and tell myself that you can't cry over spilt milk but every now and then a little stab of it comes to me and I'll burst into tears. I've found with some trauma you just can't make sense of it, all you can do is move on. So I try to take a positive experience out of it and leave the rest in the past. Don't talk about it because it doesn't do any good. And I am an ENFP.
But I have PTSD so I probably don't deal with it as well as most.

[Nearsification]

"Oh well."
You can't change the past. I don't see a point in moping over it.

[lycanized]

Yeah...I always find the bright side, because there always is a bright side...and I try and pick myself up and just leave it behind...like Paradox said, there is no sense in moping over the past because you can't change it. So find the good, and try and improve yourself...

[Mutatio NOmenis]

I am INTP. I attempt to go on as though nothing happened. Physically and emotionally, this tends to be true. Luckily, i'm tougher than most people give me credit for. This probably has a lot to do with suffering from extreme pain during my childhood due to colon issues.

[Linnifae]

When I'm around people in person I act overly happy to compensate, almost in manic sort of way. Then when I'm by myself I sleep all day, eat too much and cry a lot.....in more serious cases.

In less serious situations I just try to distract myself or go to someone I trust for advice.

[Mutatio NOmenis]

^ That sounds totally ENFP. Your avatar is cute.

[pinkrasputin]

Well I also have PTSD, so I completely dissociate when I go through trauma. I don't feel it. I look at it WAY objectively. I also know myself and my tendency to do this, so when I start going through something traumatic I sign myself up for counseling right away so I can process my feelings. It's like I need a "coach" to help me process pain.

[WickedQueen]

It's feel like I got a stab in my stomach everytime I'm in the same situation. But I keep moving on and deal with it, even if that makes my wound bleeding again and again.

[lovestyle]

I find that pulling myself away from the situation helps a lot. I haven't had too many hard things happen to me in my lifetime yet (knock on wood), but I have had to deal with the death of my great grandmother a couple of years ago, whom I spent nearly half of the first ten years of my life with. My mother recommended that I go in to work the day after it happened rather than sit around and think about it, and I actually really appreciated the distractions and busy work it afforded me. Being immersed in sadness is something that I hate after too long. I mean, of course with the viewing and funeral itself, I had a lot of time to think about the shock and the sadness of it all, and having my friends and family there to hold me up in a hard time was nice, but it's true that they say that funerals are for the living... Being able to be in one place with the entirety of my family and just be able to kind of all hang out and collectively try to move on with our lives by smiling and joking through our sadness was nice.

So yes. Trauma? Distract me.