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    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

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    It seems to be a very controversial topic with no accurate answer. After reading some materials online I believe that recovered memories of psychological trauma are valid and I concluded this by reading an article “How Traumatic Memories Hide in the Brain, And How to Retrieve Them” written by Marla Paul. The problem with a validity of the repressed memories arose many times and made some people think that the memories were false because they were not easy to access this is why they considered not

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    Analysis – Needs A. Assess the impact of physical trauma on the children and family. The family of Anamalia has undergone both physical and psychological trauma as can be seen in the case study. Eloni and Kolomalu have both faced physical trauma. The short-term effects include the injuries that Kolomalu may get from the physical abuse of Eloni as well as injuries that Eloni faced from his stepfather’s abuse. The long-term effects of physical trauma, according to Brand et al. (2017), may include drug

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    respond to a violent slave master with violence to preserve their dignity, self-respect, and self-confidence; Douglass wanted them to prevent psychological trauma. Trauma, as described by the American Psychological Association, is “an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape or natural disaster.” There are other events that can cause trauma, and there were many that happened during America’s slavery of Africans. To be a slave is to undergo a stripping of one’s identity, and beaten

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    Psychological Trauma can alter, destroy and create a lot of bad impacts in a person’s life. The main definition of psychological trauma is the results of unique individual experience of an unusually event that invaded a person’s sense of security and safety, making he or she feels helpless and at risk of dangerous situation, and the ability to assimilate his or her emotional experience is overwhelmed at certain situation. (Lawrence Robinson, 2011) A much more serious psychological trauma can

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    Psychological trauma is described as a type of damage to the mind that occurs as a result of a brutally distressing event. Trauma is usually the result of an overwhelming amount of stress that surpasses one's ability to cope. However, trauma will vary between individuals, in accordance to their experiences. Not everyone who experiences a traumatic event will become traumatized, people tend to react to situations differently. However, it is common to experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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    Psychological experiences while undergoing trauma As human beings, we have all experienced the grief feeling of loss and undergone trauma, which may provide an opportunity for one to grow up more maturely. No matter the loss of a treasured object or a beloved person, that experience will surely leave a deep impression on you. In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, a family experiences many kinds of disasters and suffers from trauma, which has a huge impact upon their relationship with

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    Trauma is when an individual experiences an extremely stressful event that leaves a helpless and emotionally out of control feeling. Trauma can alter an individual’s behavior, this can leave an individual unable to trust others, disconnected, and feeling numb. Trauma resort from multiple sources such as sexual, physical, or verbal abuse, neglect, bulling, serious illness and separation from parent. Trauma can leave an individual to struggle with unstable emotions, memory loss, and anxiety for a large

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    This quote originates from the Batman movies, where Bruce Wayne (Batman) experienced the trauma of his parents being killed in front of him, resulting in Bruce dedicating his life to fighting crime. Despite this being an over dramatized story, it brings up an important idea. All people are evaluated by others based on their actions, so how does psychological trauma change people’s behavior? Psychological trauma occurs when an individual’s ability to comprehend their emotional experience is overwhelmed

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    reliving the experience with illusions, hallucinations, or dissociative flashback episodes, intense psychological or physiological distress at exposure to cues that resemble the traumatic event)” (Seedat, 2013). Seedat also states that other symptoms could be such things as avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma that you have experienced “(e.g. inability to recall important aspects of the trauma, loss of interest, estrangement from others)” (Seedat, 2013). Seedat mentions increased arousal as

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