Does someone have to have nightmares in order to say that a trauma happened to them

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I was researching things about trauma and it said that many people who experience trauma would have nightmares about their trauma. I’ve asked a few people I personally know about trauma and nightmares and some of them have told me they haven’t had a nightmare about their trauma. Do you believe that some people can experience trauma but not have a nightmare about it, or do they have to have a nightmare in order for it to be true?

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Trauma is not a one size fits all .

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Nightmares is just a symptom of the trauma. No, you don't have to have Nightmares to have trauma.

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There are maaany different, yet equally valid trauma responses.

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No.

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No. I don't remember my dreams...ever..i am 32 and have remembered exactly 3 dreams in my life. My therapist says my brain blocks dreams to protect myself. I know I have nightmares because I talk in my sleep and boyfriends/my husband have told me about things I have said or the thrashing around, etc but I remember none of it. Some people have dreams with their trauma, some have normal dreams, some have no dreams. It is different for everyone and no person digests trauma the same

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“It said many people who experience trauma would have nightmares about their trauma”. 
MANY, not all

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I've never had a nightmare about the traumas I have experienced. Thank God.  They were nightmare enough.

Does someone have to have nightmares in order to say that a trauma happened to them

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