trauma
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James’s characters—all closeted gay men and strangers to one another—contend with their trauma in silent, vengeful ways, some disappearing from the country altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
There is also an elevated risk associated with the trauma of injury or from the lack of movement during a recovery.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
That through all the tragedy and trauma, this couple found solace in each other and they've been married for 34 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
It nonetheless triggered a flood of trauma and emotions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
“You can’t frighten me. I’ve already had my trauma for the day.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
For some, it has worsened their traumas, it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
“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
His theory was that the problems of many troubled patients rested in forgotten psychic traumas, and through free association and the interpretation of dreams the key to the problems could be unlocked.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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
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
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