Types of trauma

CrossCurrents

Interpersonal trauma

childhood abuse: sexual, physical, neglect
witnessing domestic violence
sexual assault: any unwanted sexual contact
historical trauma: colonialization and the residential school experience of Aboriginal Peoples, which involved forcible removal from family, destruction of culture and language
domestic abuse: physical, sexual, financial, spiritual, cultural, psychological
torture and forcible confinement
elder abuse: physical, sexual, financial, spiritual, psychological

External trauma

war: combat, killing, fear of being killed, witnessing death and extreme suffering, dismemberment
being a crime victim
sudden death of a loved one
suicidal loss
loss of loved one to homicide
sudden, expected loss: job, housing, relationship
living in extreme poverty
natural disasters
accidents: e.g., vehicle, plane

Source: www.trauma-informed.ca