Traumas: A Fictional Narrative

Dealing with any sort of trauma can be grueling to go through for an individual especially if there is a lack of guidance or counseling to help a person to cope with the situation after it has occurred. A variety of reactions and disorders can develop depending on how an individual reacts to the problem. Throughout the novel, A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah faces traumatic incidents that nobody should face, and after these events, he has to struggle with post traumatic symptoms.

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

What will a trauma-informed model of practice include?(500 words) A trauma informed model of practice should centre upon a perspective that asks the client user ‘what happened to you’ rather than ‘what is wrong with you’ (Bloom and Farragher). This approach promotes the base line for which the service should

On September 2nd 2016 my best friend, Ashley Minor, who is a single mom of two, was working her twelve house shift at the hospital. At the end of her shift her life stopped for a short time when she received a phone call that her 8 year

"The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of phycological trauma."-Judith Lewis Herman. There are many people who everyday struggle to live. They have a very serious conditions and they have trouble finding help. They live life dealing, suffering with these ailments. These veterans deserve, no they've earned the right of treatment. Not always will tie treatment be available to them when they need it. They should be able to seek the treatment if they so desire to. The mental ailments they suffer are not always easy to deal with and the need of treatment is more than the average man knows. Many of the veterans go untreated their whole life and this can end in death. Some

Catarina is a 33yo, G5 P4004, who is currently 34 weeks 4 days as dated by a certain and regular LMP. She had late PNC as she established only recently. She has 4 prior full-term deliveries; all in Guatemala at home without complications. I communicated with her through CryaCom.

Hi Sharon. It’s quite fascinating that we have a common interest in trauma. I consider myself to be a calm person even when I am stressed. I didn’t know about my ability to manage stress until the first semester of my Freshmen year. I was at Target and noticed an elderly lady collapse on the ground. At first, I was a little shocked, but I immediately recognized that she needed assistance. I ran toward her. Checked for a pulse, in which I was unable to obtain. I then proceeded to provide CPR. It was my first time since when I was trained at a nursing home, but it was interesting as I was assessing the lady. The materials that we covered in class flooded my mind, and allowed me resuscitate her. If you enjoy thinking critically and efficiently

Traumatic experiences are common in our society and can be caused by a range of events such as, combat related trauma, domestic abuse, or rape. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), delayed treatment, biofeedback-assisted relaxation and prescription drugs are only a few of the theorized treatments for PTSD. EMDR is a treatment where the client is asked to think about an image from the trauma and while doing so they are instructed to move their eyes quickly from side to side, following the therapists fingers for about 15 to 10 seconds. Sessions such as these continue until desensitization of the trauma is complete and positive self-cognition has replaced previous negative self-cognition. The client then describes the thoughts,

“This match is over, now tell me what exactly do you” he’s stopped mid-sentence by a beam of light shot straight at him. He’s able to move out of the way in time and pushed back by the impact. He lands on his back but is able to maneuver himself to his feet. He waits until the dust settles and he sees a short blue hair girl with really white pale skin, her pink cheeks are the only part of her skin that has color and for some reason her eyes are closed. She’s floating in the air over Agatha with a weird kind of blue aura surrounding her body and a telescope like weapon in her hands. I’m guessing that beam came from that weapon she’s holding. “I had a feeling we had spectators, I’m guessing you’re with her? Meaning you’re also after me.” She

"All happy families resemble one another ; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" (Leo Tolstoy). Unlike joyful families you'd habitually recognize, you'd be astounded to realize my family is notoriously unhappy. The fact being, we have witnessed tragedies and have been driven to despair. As a result, these horrific, scarring experiences have made me resilient nonetheless indomitable.

The plight has been ignored, and this is detrimental to their normal lives. Some of them have families, and they cannot adequately concentrate on their normal lives because of the trauma. The first responders are open to constant scenarios involving intense stress, and therefore, most of them suffer emotional and mental stress. The overall effect is that if the problem is left unattended to they eventually suffer from psychological trauma. Psychological trauma impairs the capacity of the responders to function in the society and handles the future emergency situations correctly. Therefore, it is imperative that the first responders are accorded the proper techniques to mitigate the effects of the trauma they encounter in their services. Therefore,

The Gendering of Public and Private Collective Trauma On October 26, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation revealed they were cutting ties with popular radio host Jian Ghomeshi. Soon, Ghomeshi retaliated with a Facebook status explaining that he was being fired for his sex life, including his interest in BDSM, though he maintained that all his encounters had been consensual. In the same post, he added that he was suing CBC for “general and punitive damages for among other things, breach of confidence and bad faith” in the amount of 55 million dollars. The next morning the Toronto Star broke the story that Ghomeshi was fired due to graphic evidence that had been presented to the CBC detailing allegations of non-consensual sexual and physical assault by three women. Since then, nine women have come forward with claims the host perpetrated sexual and physical assault and two of those women have come forward by name. None of these women had reported the assaults to the police and some had kept silent for over ten years. This recent Canadian scandal raises many questions about the way we view trauma in Western culture, how and what kinds of

The second diagnostic criterion is that the traumatic event is persistently re- experienced in at least one of several listed ways. These include recurrent and intrusive upsetting recollections of the traumatic event. In children, aspects of the trauma may be expressed through repetitive play. Re-experiencing may include recurrent distressing dreams, acting or feeling as

The traumas that are addressed in this question do impact me from time to time. Most recently, I had a young lady in my office tell me stories of when she was sexually assaulted. She went into details as to how it happened and also the impact on her. She

In this journal article, the author explains how trauma influences global security, heightening insecurity specifically, not only immediately but also for many years and generations later (1837). Schick focuses on the idea of acting out and working through trauma and the effect of this on not only individuals, but groups mourning as well (1839). The author also touches on the idea that trauma can be difficult to explain in words, so often times non-verbal, artistic expressions can be helpful (1848).