Physical trauma

García Márquez writes about trauma is a fairly straightforward and recognizable way. His way of writing is one where it is clear what the characters are feeling, and their pain is relatable to anyone who has ever experienced trauma like them. Another writer who tackles the idea of trauma in their characters is Alejo Carpentier in his novel The Kingdom of This World. While he is not necessarily thought of as an author who makes his characters embody trauma, they inherently do. In The Kingdom of…

Nurses in the Emergency Department (ED) and related trauma departments are exposed to multiple traumatic incidents over the course of the day. A lesser known fact is the amount of nurses currently working in the Emergency Department suffering from psychological trauma as a result of experiencing these traumatic events. According to research conducted by Kathryn T. Von Rueden, repeated exposure to traumatic stressors may result in the development of negative effects such as post traumatic stress…

syndrome that will require the nurses care. Webster dictionary defines post-traumatic stress syndrome, better known for its acronym as PTSD as “a psychological reaction occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event (such as wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event” (Merriam Webster, 2017) Throughout the course of this paper we will discuss…

Burn victims live with permanent scars that range in severity and can result in some sort of disfigurement to their bodies. Along with the trauma of the injury itself, the extensive amount of treatment can be traumatic as well. There is a long list of psychological implications that can arise from burn injuries. The implications include the general feeling of being upset, sad or irritable, feeling helpless, hopeless, and upset about depending on others for help. Along with these, burns can also…

The power of knowledge gives any intellectual being the higher authority to be relied on for those seeking help. Professor Charcot dropped knowledge on Dr. Freud and Dr. Breuer who’ve acquired enough knowledge to study hysteria. However, the study leaves many unanswered questions to scholars who feel enigmatic about the cure of hysteria. Freud’s criticism of doctors portray the significance of undetermined cure’s and seeking knowledge of hysteria from “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins…

In The Return of The Soldier, Chris experiences war in a literal way by leaving his home and entering war and going through the traumatic events soldiers go through. Chris experiences both physical and emotional trauma in the book, but not being in the middle of war does not mean someone can’t be affected the same way. Chris being in the war affected Kitty just as much, yet she was affected more emotionally than physically. In the beginning, Kitty acts positive about the situation that she is in…

called Piggy” (Golding 202). What Ralph and the rest of the boys had witness and endured on the island will surely leave some post-traumatic stress on them as they had to go through a lot of trauma when surviving. How Ralph began to think at the end of the Golding’s Lord of the Flies novel can show how much trauma and stress the last few ending days was for him before he and the group of boys were rescued. “‘I was asleep when the twisty things were fighting and when they went away I was awake,…

affected us all, but trauma affects everyone in a different way and we deal with things differently. PTSD is brought on usually after a traumatic event, and we relive it. There is a bit more to PTSD and it will be explained a little later. We have all had some sort of trauma in our lives at one time and sometimes remember it because of something that happens to make us remember the event. Granted, this is not…

The Catcher In the Rye: Final Essay When coping with a devastating loss, people often turn to defense mechanisms to help heal, or conceal their pain. They sometimes ignore the loss, and rather than reacting to it, they project their thoughts for that person onto someone else. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, shares his experiences regarding high school, adolescence, loss, and independence, and uses projection, and regression as mechanisms to heal his pain…

inference that people who witness traumatizing events in the course of their lives must experience some form of trauma afterwards. A practical case and instance is the soldiers and military men who return to their normal lives after wars. Thus, the line and area of interest is usually to gauge with utmost precision and accuracy the extent of the trauma. This is question the effects of the trauma on the…