Essays on Trauma

PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, is defined as a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event. Whether it be something that happened personally, or something witnessed, it is very common that almost everyone in their life will go through some sort of trauma in their lifetime. Symptoms can include anything from nightmares to anxiety. Over a long period of time, this can cause an individual’s personality to alter. Participants in this study will be found through ...

Child abuse is the most common social problem plaguing the modern world today. While what is now considered physical abuse was once a means of disciplinary action, different types of abuse began to take a darker route and become more prominent throughout the world. With the types abuse came different effects on both physical and mental health. Physical health effects include cardiopulmonary problems, obesity, and chronic pain, whereas some mental health affects include alcohol dependence and ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is the response an individual has following the events of an extremely traumatic experience that caused life threatening harm to themselves or someone they are close to. Over the past 40 years, the study of PTSD has progressed and found that there is not a specific answer to what triggers PTSD but, instead, a combination of other factors making it even harder to fully diagnose and come up with an effective treatment plan. However, if misdiagnosed or ...

Those who have experienced trauma are prone to experiencing negative outcomes, such as the inclination to participate in criminal activity or negative psychological factors. Trauma is specifically important to study to better understand why negative outcomes occur and if there is a way to prevent negative outcomes. Although it is clear that negative outcomes seem to be prevalent amongst those who experience trauma, investigating one’s coping skills would be necessary to consider if this is a ...

Every human being requires approval. However, this need should not develop into narcissism. Narcissism is a property of character, which consists in excessive self-love and self-esteem, which is untrue. The term narcissism appeared due to Sigmund Freud who introduced it into psychology when creating his theory of psychoanalysis. Narcissistic parents are the interesting, controversial issue because narcissism and parenting seem incompatible terms. Such parents care about the physical health of ...

Both Edgar Allan Poe and Toni Morrison explore the psychologically fracturing nature of trauma, by portraying hauntings as an intrusive return of the past. The complex mother-daughter relationship in Beloved amplifies the fracturing effect of slavery and Sethe’s and Denver’s personal psychological damage represents the wider, deeply rooted cultural trauma caused by slavery in America. Denver is presented as afraid of her own mother, expressing her trauma, saying that although “I love my ...

In my practice I am exploring remembrances and diasporic visions that embody traumatic histories, specifically transgenerational trauma. My work investigates forced silences, feelings of isolation and memory- diaspora through conscious and unconscious silences- within my culture and family. Similar to the artist I have chosen, Sharlene Khan, both of our practices look at Indian identity, the dislocated self and how the past allows for the construction and deconstruction of ‘identity’. Further ...

Jonathan Foer’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” is often viewed and criticized and adored due to its focus on the 9/11 Terrorist Attack. Many people believe the United States faced a traumatic event due to conflicting views. Published in the summer of 2009, Matthew Mullins article “Boroughs and Neighbors: Traumatic Solidarity in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” provided his readers with the insight of violence and how Foer uses his protagonist in his story to ...

Throughout history warfare has, despite its human costs, been one of the biggest drivers of the evolution of technologies and nowhere else is this more prevalent than in medicine, specifically in the treatment of trauma wounds. This is because the types of wounds found in warzones are typically on the more severe and extreme end of the spectrum of injuries due to the hostile environment and the manner and weaponry with which modern warfare is now fought. This pushing of injuries to the ...

Throughout history, especially in the 19th century, Aboriginal people have faced traumatic events orchestrated by the Canadian government. This was based on a belief that Indians were uncivilized and were inferior to the White people (Bombay, Matheson, & Anisman, 2014).The main goal was to civilize and “kill” the Indian culture to gain control of them. One of the ways they tried to meet this goal was by using Indian Residential Schools (IRS). Aboriginal children were removed from their homes ...

In today’s world divorce has become more of a norm. Divorce is “the action or an instance of legally dissolving a marriage”1. Divorce rates are increasing every year, with the US having the highest divorce rate in the world. Moreover, every year almost 1 million children become members of single-parent family (Ellington C, 2003). It is said: “Children are always the losers in divorce” Divorce changes a person’s life drastically with children being the worst sufferers. They are not only ...

The act of taking another human being’s life has been around since the first murder as shown in the bible when Cain killed his brother Abel because God preferred his offering over Cain’s. Today homicide or murder has evolved into something more complicated and horrendous so much that a criminal justice system has also evolved to bring justice onto those who do commit murder. One case in particular that shows how murder has truly grown since Cain and Abel is the case of Richard Ramirez also ...

Child abuse is a serious issue that often goes overlooked and unreported. This can often be because it’s difficult to classify exactly what constitutes as child abuse/ Abuse comes in two forms, acts of omission and acts of commission. Acts of commission would include excessive punishments, beating the child, or purposefully subjecting them to harm. Acts of omission are usually considered circumstantial. It mostly includes neglect and failing to provide them proper care. This is where it gets ...

Aesthetics is a very common and highly concerning aspect of modern world. Facial aesthetics comes 1st from that and we cannot ignore dental aesthetics of the face. Well aligned anterior teeth give pleasing smile, self-confidence, as well as the good function. Dental trauma can be accompanied with injuries to facial hard tissues and soft tissues. Fracture to anterior teeth and lip trauma are more common facial traumatic injuries in all ages. Dental professional involve in management of patient ...

RTAs are reported to cause 30-90% of trauma admissions in LMICs10 and 92% of the annual-traffic-fatalities occur in these countries. In line with this in Pakistan nearly 1/3 of all A&E visits are documented to be TRI-related and rates as high as 48-85% are reported. Most of these are a result of 2 wheeled-motorized-vehicles. In LMICs motorcycles account for less than half of the registered vehicles but comprise more than half of the road-fatalities and as per 2009, Pakistan was the 8th ...