trauma
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This was not an Israel/Palestine debate, this was ‘Help me understand your trauma.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The trauma has also taken a toll on his social life.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
The trauma of that fateful day has never gone away and Lee believes it triggered anxiety.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The findings may help explain why something as different as a viral infection or psychological trauma can eventually produce overlapping symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
By the time she had turned thirty, prison doctors diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis, intellectual disability, and mental illness related to trauma.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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
It’s a quiet, contented life, “solid and safe,” Livia says, except that she remains disturbed by traumas from her youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
"It's good to help others get through major disasters and traumas."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
That is where we break generational cycles and traumas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Such overwhelming traumas tear at the bonds that hold cultures together.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
He received several head traumata and suffered from enuresis in his early life.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
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
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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