trauma
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And inside their homes, parents find ways to impart their own lessons, translating trauma into family history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
And yet, children often yearn to hear about their parents’ past, including memories of trauma, particularly as they become adults.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
In our list, you’ll find titles that confront Sept. 11 directly, but others that bring to mind a deeper, broader canon of trauma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He said they were still living with the "pain and trauma" of what had happened.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Luma wasn’t a social worker, and she had no background in dealing with such intense trauma.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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"It's good to help others get through major disasters and traumas."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Lincoln’s fate has been the most heavily publicized, but it isn’t the only aircraft carrier to suffer these traumas.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
This is a cat and mouse — or cats and mice — melodrama, with customized stock characters given dark secrets and backstory traumas less as explanation than complication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
One of the country's least-discussed postwar problems is how frequently combat veterans bring the traumas of war back with them and are incarcerated after returning to their communities.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Absorption takes place from the inner surface of the uterus or from traumata in the genital canal.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
We shall refer later on to those other exactly similar cases of cyclical depression which can nevertheless easily be traced back to mental traumata.
From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Sigmund Freud
He received several head traumata and suffered from enuresis in his early life.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
The principal causes of primary keratitis are traumata and infection from the conjunctiva.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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