For more than a decade, the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in general and more particularly North Kivu has been facing regionalist tensions and political divisions to which we add other phenomena such as: barbarism, insecurity, police and military harassment, killings and violence, wars, tribal conflicts causing permanent instability, major population movements as well as the volcanic eruption, killing several families and even to those close to them who are dear to them. Given the extent of this situation, we believe that the self-esteem of the inhabitants of the City of Goma, more particularly of the Buhene Quarter, is not at the normal level given that they are exposed daily to unfortunate and traumatic events. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of exposure to traumatic events on the self-esteem of Gomatraciens in general and in particular among the inhabitants of Buhene. After analyzing the results, we found that the more the Congolese of North Kivu in general and in particular those of the city of Goma are exposed to traumatic events, the more their level of self-esteem becomes too low.