Ballistic trauma

may see stressful situations as an out of body experience, as though they are just watching and it is not them being affected by the situation at hand (“Effects of Complex Trauma”). As Perry’s story unfolds throughout In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, the reader clearly sees the foggy thoughts of children with histories of trauma, Perry easily talks using many words, but is unable to make sense of a situation or see the consequence of his words. To others it may seem as though a person in a…

Many people have survived the Holocaust and it’s safe to say that a lot of people who got out were feeling terrified, sad, and traumatized. Millions of people who were unlucky died there, sometimes from the beginning, and a majority got transported there to burn in gas chambers. Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, lived through this experience and for him and millions it was damaging to them physically and mentally. He conveys this theme of traumatization through various literary devices such as…

would be hard for these soldiers and many recognized that because over 3500 German soldiers killed themselves after the war. All of the soldiers who tried to live in the post-war world have to deal with many hardships. These would include mental trauma, political upheaval, and a hard time trying to find employment("How Did Soldiers"). If the soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front were to live through the war, the effects of PTSD would make it feel like they were fighting another war for…

A very interesting topic, repressed memories. A topic that is complex and very hard to proove and yet hard to discredit. While I am sure this is a situation that does happen, it probably is less common than has been reported. The main focus in this article seems to be oriented around child abuse memories being repressed. I believe children have the ablilty to try and protect themselves by repressing horrifying experiences. While I am sure there are many real cases of people repressing…

It is natural to feel afraid during and after being involved in a traumatic situation. These situations include warfare, assault, abuse, disasters, or even sudden unexpected death of a loved one. Fear causes changes in the body that act as a defensive mechanism against it. This response is commonly known as, “fight-or-flight” and is a reaction meant to protect a person or animal from harm. Most people who are affected by a traumatic situation recover from the initial symptoms and are able to…

not decrease the occurrence of crimes is the idea of trauma, and tonic immobility (Leukfeldt & Yar, 2016). When observing individuals who have suffered trauma, sometimes they respond to the trauma by becoming a mobile. Once the trauma goes away, they eventually lash out against the cause of the trauma, or simply start moving about wildly with no clear direction. This is also observed in other animals. When considering the argument that trauma can be institutionalized, or be experienced across…

Fellow Rotarians Our District Governor (Eric Cowcill) who was at the Bramhall and Woodford Rotary Club Charter Night on Wednesday 18 October which I also attended, is interested in publicising Polio during the showing of the film “Breathe” at the Savoy Cinema in Heaton Moor. “Breathe”, as many of you will know, is a biographical drama film. It tells the story of a young man who became paralyzed from the neck down by polio at the age 28. I was asked to find out some information about the…

world and themselves (Young, Klosko & Weishaar, 2003). These beliefs and perceptions usually develop during childhood or adolescence because of psychologically harmful experiences involving family members or other significant individuals, and for this reason are referred to as early maladaptive schemas. According to this theory, early maladaptive schemas develop in response to unmet core emotional needs, namely: secure attachment to others, autonomy/competence, freedom to express emotions,…

In a post-9/11 world, the presence of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is being more prevalent within our society. To understand how PTSD affects veterans today, we must gain a thorough understanding as to what PPS is and how it affects the brain. PTSD is a major psychological condition that affects an individual who has experienced a horrific event. Some events can include witnessing the death of a significant other, seeing gore and other graphically horrific images etc.…

When one thinks of trauma one may associate it with trauma centers at medical centers or from television shows in which the cause of injury or death was blunt force trauma. NBC once aired a television shows called Trauma. The show Trauma was based on a group of paramedics in San Francisco, California and the traumatic situations they enouuntered as paramedics. While Webster’s dictionary defines it as "an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent:" It is also defined as "a…