Penetrating trauma

result of a crime, event, or other activity. My view of being a victim doesn’t just mean any kind of physical violence that another person can see, sometimes you could be a victim of emotional, mental, or psychological trauma caused by another person but now it’s become less of trauma inflicted by another person and more self-inflicted because they don’t feel like they belong or fit in anywhere, and constantly feel judged by those around them regardless of whether they are or…

The claimant was a 54 year old female. On 01/18/2015, her husband reported that the claimant had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and shoulder and neck pain “to the point of exhaustion.” Therefore, her ability to process stress and daily issues was limited. She required help with all activities of daily living and with the house chores. She “toss, turn, moan with pain, yell when pain is to severe, awakes routinely, gets up, has nightmares, screams.” She was forgetful, had difficulty…

e defining characteristic of an event which is traumatic is its ability to provoke helplessness, fear, or horror as a response to the threat of death or injury. As shown in the case study, to be positively diagnosed with PSTD, people have to be exposed to a stressor that are from traumatic or extreme events to which the respective person responded to with helplessness, fear or horror and to have three different symptom types comprising of re-experiencing of the event, avoidance of any reminders…

can prove along with the second and third chapters of Dr. Judith Lewis Herman’s book: Trauma and Recovery. Trauma is an effect of an event that takes away a person’s ability to adjust back to a normal life. In Herman’s book, she states: “Traumatic events…overwhelm the ordinary human and adaption to life… [They] generally involve threats to life or bodily…

Inevitably, the pivotal moments in life can take a turn for the worst. It is a day of recovery and healing for Eddie Ray Routh as he is going to make his first real attempt at socializing, and with other veterans nonetheless, since his last departure from the Veterans Affairs hospital in Dallas. Just as this day of recovery and healing is beginning, things take that turn for the worst; Eddie murders his two companions, Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. A man craving to interact with someone that…

In fact, the participants in the forgiveness group showed minimal to no depression and anxiety while the participants in the alternative group showed signs of moderate depression and anxiety. Women who have been abused may have a hard time getting over the experience because they resent the fact that it happened and they resent the person who abused them but any kind of therapy that supports women’s expression of anger without helping them to find meaning in their suffering and teaching them how…

I think a domestic violence history should definitely be a factor in child custody and visitation. My main reason for feeling this way is not to punish the parent or guardian, but solely for the safety of the child. According to this week’s lecture, the risk of children being abused is higher in a domestic violence home. Also 30 to 60 % of domestic violence abusers also abuse children. (Black, 2015, Slide 17) I also think a domestic violence history should be a factor in child custody and…

The movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a movie that contains many things that relate to psychological disorders, including: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental Trauma, and phobias. I will be discussing the plot of the movie, and then I will explain how the psychological disorders relate to the characters of the movie. The story’s main character is a nine year old boy named Oskar Schell, who is very close to his father. When his father is killed in the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the…

Vicarious trauma “negatively impacts the clinician’s sense of self which ongoing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder such as feelings of anger, grief, rage, and terror, in addition to damaging affect to the counseling relationship” (Michalopoulos & Aparicio, 2011, 646); other symptoms may include “nightmares, intrusive thoughts, disturbing imagery, sadness and anxiety” (Dunkley & Whelan, 2006, 107). Symptoms of vicarious trauma are similar to PTSD symptoms (Adams…

1) In the past, the meatpacking business is probably one of the most demanded and high-paying jobs where employees are highly skilled. As time passed, the meatpacking business became modernized, in which employees with skill are no longer needed. Follow McDonalds’ footstep, the meatpacking industry started to integrate the factory assemble line in their system and it resulted in the firing of hundreds of workers. With this new system, each worker stood in spot along the line performing the same…