trauma

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Yet people often regain at least some lost abilities after trauma, raising an important question: if neurons do not grow back, how does recovery happen?

From Science Daily

And yet, she said, “Under the surface there is so much pain, and there’s trauma.”

From Los Angeles Times

Healthcare workers rushed to hospitals when they heard of the attack, whether or not they were on shift, confronting unspeakable trauma to save lives.

From BBC

He would become a pre-eminent scholar of disasters and spend the rest of his long career illuminating the corrosive, collective traumas left in their wake.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was really nice speaking with Oscar about some of the themes that the film explores, the father-son dynamic and breaking cycles of generational trauma.

From Los Angeles Times