Examples Of Psychological Trauma In Grey's Anatomy

Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden describes two traumatic events that could be the root of his PTSD. The death of his brother Allie, and the death of his old classmate James Castle. In chapter 5, Holden introduces his brother Allie and describes Allie’s death, “I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. I don't blame them. I really don't. I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it. I even tried to break all the windows on the station wagon we had that summer, but my hand was already broken and everything by that time”(38-39). This quote shows how traumatic this experience

For my final reflection paper, I would like to discuss vicarious trauma and its implications. This topic has stuck with me ever since we learned about it earlier in the semester. It is something that I fear will impact me during my work as a counselor. While I do not intend to deal exclusively with trauma patients, I cannot control who walks through my doors so it is in my best interest to understand ways to protect against vicarious trauma. My initial reaction to this topic was, “oh that does not bother me” or “I won’t have a problem with that,’ but as trauma seeped into my personal life it became apparent hat it does in fact bother me. Dealing with my cousins’ trauma this semester and trying my best to be helpful and supportive has proven to be more difficult then original thought.

Meredith Grey has gone through many tragic and traumatic events during the course of the television series. She has a generally moody persona and often displays the use of defense mechanisms. Additionally, her behavior becomes extremely depressed at times, particularly in season four. This depression is a result of her mother’s death and the resurfacing of

Hardships of PTSD Fear is something everyone feels naturally when in a dangerous position. Trauma is something one can never seem to forget from a disturbing experience. Both of these combined in war can end up becoming a mental illness called PTSD. The characters in Fallen Angels have many harsh experiences throughout the war that have caused them to see things most wouldn’t want to see. The characters in the novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers display symptoms that are associated with PTSD.

The term “Psychological trauma” refers to damage wrought from a traumatic event, which that damages one’s ability to cope with stressors. “Trauma” is commonly defined as an exposure to a situation in which a person is confronted with an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to self or others’ physical well-being (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Specific types of client trauma frequently encountered by which therapists and other mental health workers frequently encounter in a clinical setting include sexual abuse, physical , or sexual assault, natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis, domestic violence, and school or/and work related violence (James & Gilliland, 2001). Traumatic

PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental illness that displays symptoms of “intense yearning, difficulties to accept the loss, anger, and a sense that life is meaningless” (Spuij et al. 677). The main character of J.D Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, almost perfectly fits these symptoms, due to the heartbreaking loss of his brother, Allie. Based on this, and more examples from the novel, it is likely that Holden suffers from PTSD.

Hypothesis 1: Metro Police experience vicarious trauma through exposure to traumatic situations in their line of work.

Traumatizing events are happening all over the world, and are being caused by pitiless gang

Chapter five discussed trauma and stress disorders. Two of these disorders being acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. For this week’s discussion we were asked to discuss what types of events in modern society might trigger these disorders. I feel that many events could trigger this type of disorder. The initial events that come to mind are the Iraq war, Hurricane Matthew that is affecting the east coast currently, the San Bernardino terrorist attack, death of a child, and being a victim of a sexual assault. I think that all of these can be extremely stressful for an individual. However, people on the outside may view one event to be more traumatic than another. Some things that may help relieve the stresses of modern society

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.).Arlington, VA: Author.

Trauma occurs when a child has experienced an event that threatens or causes harm to her emotional and physical well-being. Events can include war, terrorism, natural disasters, but the most common and harmful to a child’s psychosocial well-being are those such as domestic violence, neglect, physical and sexual abuse, maltreatment, and witnessing a traumatic event. While some children may experience a traumatic event and go on to develop normally, many children have long lasting implications into adulthood.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental condition found after a traumatic or terrifying event (mayoclinic.org). There are multiple causes for PTSD such as inherited medical risks, life experiences, and the way one’s body regulates chemicals and hormones in response to stress (mayoclinic.org). In Catcher in the Rye, Holden experiences PTSD from Allie’s death by going through the symptoms which vary over time and is later on treated for them

Exposure to traumatic experiences has always been a part of human life. From back hundreds of years ago till now, for example, attacks by saber tooth tigers or twenty-first century terrorists have likely led to similar psychological responses in survivors of such violence. Literary accounts offer the first descriptions of what we now call posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For example, authors including Homer (The Iliad), William Shakespeare (Henry IV), and Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities) wrote about traumatic experiences and the symptoms that followed such events. The PTSD diagnosis has filled an important gap in psychiatry in that its cause was the result of an event the individual suffered, rather than a personal weakness. PTSD became a diagnosis with influence from several social movements, such as Veteran, feminist, and Holocaust survivor advocacy groups. Research about Veterans returning from combat was a critical piece to the creation of the diagnosis. War takes a physical and emotional toll on service members, families, and their communities. So, the history of what

When a person is sent to a war of any kind it causes some mental problem. They would have trauma and have an illusion of all sorts. In the novel, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut shows references of the main character Billy Pilgrim traveling through time and being abduct by aliens. Throughout the stories Billy has experiences what it seem like trauma because there are many moments where it made no sense. Vonnegut use the science-fiction to explain Billy’s experiences and that’s how Billy deal with his traumatic episodes.

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.