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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) As we wait for the impeachment trial to start, people are speaking out about their fears and the idea that something like the riots could happen again.
Debra Mollen, a psychology professor at Texas Woman s University, says we experience a trauma response when our emotional and physical safety is threatened in real and tangible ways.
She says seeing violence played out on TV can bring up suppressed feelings for anyone who has lived through any form of violence or abuse. Not only is it valid, it s extremely common, Mollen said. I think that it makes good sense that when we see something that amounts to domestic terrorism that we have our own feelings about it. And the more that we see, the more traumatizing it is.
These displays remind us the threat of violence always looms. About 1 in 4 women have experienced sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and approximately 1 in 5 women in the U.S. has experienced a completed or attempted rape. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 75% of violent incidents involve male offenders.
A collective and individual trauma response
Research shows everyday sexism is linked to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in women. What some women experienced Wednesday was collective and individual trauma and re-traumatization, experts say, regardless of whether they ve experienced male violence directly.