{"id":5847,"date":"2025-09-27T19:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/?post_type=veelgestelde-vragen&#038;p=5847"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:22:18","slug":"can-trauma-also-cause-physical-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"veelgestelde-vragen","link":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/veelgestelde-vragen\/kan-trauma-ook-lichamelijke-klachten-veroorzaken\/","title":{"rendered":"Can trauma also cause physical symptoms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5847\" class=\"elementor elementor-5847\" data-elementor-post-type=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ede96ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ede96ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0ffda elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c0ffda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, trauma can also manifest as physical symptoms. Your body and mind are closely interconnected. When your nervous system is constantly in a state of high alert, you often notice this physically as well. For example, many people with trauma experience headaches, stomachaches, fatigue, sleep problems, or tension in muscles and joints.<\/p><p>Physical symptoms can occur immediately after a distressing event, but also long afterwards. Especially with childhood trauma or complex trauma, you often see chronic health problems develop in the long term. When the stress system remains dysregulated for a prolonged period, it affects your immune system, your hormone balance, and the functioning of your organs. This increases the risk of various problems, such as asthma, cardiovascular disease, chronic pain, and gastrointestinal issues.<\/p><p>You can see these physical symptoms as traces of trauma. It emphasizes that trauma is not only in your head, but also in your body. That is why in <a href=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/information\/what-is-trauma-therapy\/\">trauma therapy<\/a> also attention is needed for the body and a body-oriented therapy form can be very helpful if you experience many physical complaints.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ja, trauma kan zich ook uiten in lichamelijke klachten. Je lichaam en geest zijn nauw met elkaar verbonden. Als je zenuwstelsel voortdurend in een staat van alertheid staat, merk je dat vaak ook fysiek. Veel mensen met trauma ervaren bijvoorbeeld hoofdpijn, buikpijn, vermoeidheid, slaapproblemen of spanningsklachten in spieren en gewrichten. Lichamelijke klachten kunnen direct na [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5796,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0},"doelgroep":[12,13],"thema":[47],"class_list":["post-5847","veelgestelde-vragen","type-veelgestelde-vragen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doelgroep-iemand-met-trauma","doelgroep-iemand-in-mijn-omgeving-heeft-trauma","thema-over-trauma"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vraag: Kan trauma ook lichamelijke klachten veroorzaken<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Trauma kan zich ook uiten in lichamelijke klachten. 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