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trauma

[trau-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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When you’re interviewing someone who has gone through a terrible trauma, how have you thought about asking them to retell it for a public audience, having been in that position over and over again yourself?

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

The trauma of that experience was probably far deeper and more injurious than we wanted to admit, so we just sort of sleepwalked as events cascaded around us, feeling emotionally distanced and impotent.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

Her family, from Mold, Flintshire, said they have lived with "unbearable" guilt and trauma ever since.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Researchers found Stage 3 CTE, intensifying concerns about brain trauma in racing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

I am still wrecked by it, and I understand why Grandpa said it was his trauma.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Others are putting their money on Antiguan-American author Jamaica Kincaid, whose work deals with exile, identity and the traumas inherited from colonialism, or on Chinese writer Can Xue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

There were hardships and traumas, periods of institutionalization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

"It's good to help others get through major disasters and traumas."

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

“Patients were tired of being told that their debilitating psychological problems . . . were caused by childhood traumas or bad parenting.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

There’s, like, ten different potential historical traumas that have messed us up enough that we can still talk to dead people, I guess.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

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

He received several head traumata and suffered from enuresis in his early life.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 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


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