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retraumatization

Definitions

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  • noun A relapse into a state of trauma, triggered by some subsequent event.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ traumatization

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Examples

  • The situation is made worse for some people because it represents a "retraumatization," a feeling of repetition of a childhood history of trauma, which leaves them more vulnerable.

    Helen Davey: September 11 and the Effects of Trauma Helen Davey 2010

  • The situation is made worse for some people because it represents a "retraumatization," a feeling of repetition of a childhood history of trauma, which leaves them more vulnerable.

    Helen Davey: September 11 and the Effects of Trauma Helen Davey 2010

  • The situation is made worse for some people because it represents a "retraumatization," a feeling of repetition of a childhood history of trauma, which leaves them more vulnerable.

    Helen Davey: September 11 and the Effects of Trauma Helen Davey 2010

  • The situation is made worse for some people because it represents a "retraumatization," a feeling of repetition of a childhood history of trauma, which leaves them more vulnerable.

    Helen Davey: September 11 and the Effects of Trauma Helen Davey 2010

  • A traumatizing event like 9/11 is made worse for some people because it represents a retraumatization, a repetition of a childhood history of loss or pain that leaves them more vulnerable.

    Helen Davey: Terrorism and Me Helen Davey 2011

  • Working with trauma for me consists of three vitally important issues: retraumatization, the shattering of the "absolutisms of everyday life" and the need for a relational home in which to share our feelings of loss and grief see my earlier blog, "Counting My People" .

    Helen Davey: Terrorism and Me Helen Davey 2011

  • Working with trauma for me consists of three vitally important issues: retraumatization, the shattering of the "absolutisms of everyday life" and the need for a relational home in which to share our feelings of loss and grief see my earlier blog, "Counting My People" .

    Helen Davey: Terrorism and Me Helen Davey 2011

  • Working with trauma for me consists of three vitally important issues: retraumatization, the shattering of the "absolutisms of everyday life" and the need for a relational home in which to share our feelings of loss and grief see my earlier blog, "Counting My People" .

    Helen Davey: Terrorism and Me Helen Davey 2011

  • Working with trauma for me consists of three vitally important issues: retraumatization, the shattering of the "absolutisms of everyday life" and the need for a relational home in which to share our feelings of loss and grief see my earlier blog, "Counting My People" .

    Helen Davey: Terrorism and Me Helen Davey 2011

  • Working with trauma for me consists of three vitally important issues: retraumatization, the shattering of the "absolutisms of everyday life" and the need for a relational home in which to share our feelings of loss and grief see my earlier blog, "Counting My People" .

    Helen Davey: Terrorism and Me Helen Davey 2011

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