- sexual abuse
- physical abuse
- emotional/psychological abuse
- verbal abuse
- domestic violence
- narcissistic and psychopathic abuse
- neglect and abandonment
- divorce
- death and loss of a loved one
- adversity
- personal injury
- voluntary or forced migration (refugees)
- exposure to war, political persecution, government oppression/violence
- poverty
- natural disasters
- workplace bullying and toxic workplaces
- vicarious trauma
- shared psychosis