traumatizing

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While that was traumatizing at the time, the finality helped my grieving.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

Recent months have brought “the most traumatizing experiences of our lives,” she told Stephanopoulos, adding, “Our life as we knew it is done.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

An important study from Australia found that in the last few decades we have really lowered the threshold to what is labeled harmful, abusive, traumatizing and neglectful behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

As Sue later told me, “To have been returned home would have felt emotionally and physically traumatizing for Tom, me, and my sons and our family.”

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

Also, there was the risk of her going into labor one day during AP Chem and traumatizing everyone in the junior class.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway