The Ghosts Of Trauma

Remember when you were a child and imagined what a ghost might be like?

There was fear mixed with curiosity. In your young, imaginative mind, you may have told yourself that a ghost wasn't solid. It wasn't material. It couldn't really hurt you because it was only like a mist, a fog, or a vapor.

And yet...

You may have been terrified to get out of bed at night.

Perhaps you hid under the covers after hearing footsteps downstairs. Maybe you called for your parents because you were certain something was there.

Logically, you knew a ghost couldn't hurt you.

But your brain didn't.