01-Briere.qxd 2/15/2006 1:39 PM Page 3 1 What Is Trauma? T he term psychological trauma has been applied in so many contexts by so many people that it has lost some of its original meaning. Often, trauma is used to refer both to negative events that produce distress and to the ...
The idea that trauma can be passed down from generation to generation is a new-ish one. The concept of intergenerational trauma was first recognized around 1966, as psychologists began to study children and grandchildren of people who had survived the Holocaust. One study from 1988 found that th...
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Many traumatized people experience feeling very disconnected and out of sync with the people around them. It is natural to seek comfort and safety from the people around us, but many traumatized people are unable to do this, meaning that they lack a key coping mechanism many of people rely ...
A theme is a creative work’s main idea or underlying meaning. It’s the central, unifying element of the narrative that communicates statements about life, society, humanity, and the world. A story’s theme is what the story is about—but not in the way you might initially think. A th...
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in his great little overview Trauma is Really Strange, bodily trauma responses such as mobilising into fight or flight, or going immobile and dissociating, are the same whether we're talking about developmental trauma from the past, a recent traumatic event, or the cumulative impact of stress. ...
What is trauma? Qualitatively assessing stakeholder perceptions in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BoliviatraumaqualitativeBolivialanguagemeaningAddressing the burden of injury in low-resource settings requires development of trauma systems. This study aimed to describe perceptions of trauma in Santa Cruz, Bolivia...
injures the brain, the body works to try to heal the brain from that trauma. Memories of the trauma and repeated flashbacks of the trauma can block the brain from trying to heal itself. The concept behind EMDR is to remove the block that’s interfering with the brain’s natural healing ...
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