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When I began researching the transmission of transgenerational trauma and literary trauma testimony in 2010, I rarely encountered the word “trauma” in the media and national conversation.
Trauma as a concept mostly only preoccupied trauma studies researchers, trauma-educated survivors, and those working on trauma’s front lines, such as mental health professionals.
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More than half of Australians will experience trauma, most before they turn 17
When I began researching the transmission of transgenerational trauma and literary trauma testimony in 2010, I rarely encountered the word “trauma” in the media and national conversation.
Author Adjunct Lecturer in Writing, University of Notre Dame Australia
Trauma as a concept mostly only preoccupied trauma studies researchers, trauma-educated survivors, and those working on trauma’s front lines, such as mental health professionals.
Now, for the first time in Australian history, trauma is trending in the wider public discourse.
Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation and the historic rape allegation against Christian Porter have ignited a firestorm of discussion about sexual assault. A Royal Commission into veteran suicide is expected to highlight veteran post-traumatic stress disorder. Seven Indigenous Australians have died in custody since the start of March. And we’re finally
When I began researching the transmission of transgenerational trauma and literary trauma testimony in 2010, I rarely encountered the word “trauma” in the media and national conversation.
Trauma as a concept mostly only preoccupied trauma studies researchers, trauma-educated survivors, and those working on trauma’s front lines, such as mental health professionals.
Now, for the first time in Australian history, trauma is trending in the wider public discourse.
Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation and the historic rape allegation against Christian Porter have ignited a firestorm of discussion about sexual assault. A Royal Commission into veteran suicide is expected to highlight veteran post-traumatic stress disorder. Seven Indigenous Australians have died in custody since the start of March. And we’re finally naming trauma when we talk about these kind of crimes and realities.
The False Memory Syndrome at 30: How Flawed Science Turned into Conventional Wisdom Â
In early December of 1990, the young academic was feeling confused. Though she had recently been granted tenure and was a happily married mother of two, she was weighed down by a surprising surge in anxiety. To get some relief from her distress, she decided to enter psychotherapy.
When she mentioned in an early session how much she was dreading the prospect of seeing her parents during the upcoming Christmas vacation, her therapist asked if she had ever been abused. âI said, âNo,â but later that day, I began experiencing disturbing flashbacks. Over the next few weeks, I remembered that my father had molested me when I was a young child,â said Jennifer Freyd, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, in a phone interview. âWhen my parents arrived for their visit, I couldnât handle being with them, and my husband blurted out the reason. They ended up lea
the killer said he didn t like what he called the invasion of immigrants across the country s southern border. it is vital to understand these crimes and their common nature, they re acts of terror, political terror. the killers are in each case striking out in hatred at this country and the direction they seed see it headed. they didn t want the kennedys in the white house, they didn t want dr. king becoming the country s moral leader. yes, these are crimes against the country. trump s unlikely to take back what he said in the recent past about invasions and rapists and the need for people to go back to the homes of their ancestors or begin. what he could plausibly do it now is to stop such language in its tracks. he can cease and desist these words of his that the el paso killer chose to echo in his killing spree. these are political crimes committed from a political motive carried out to reach a political goal. i truly hope that this president, who so many have given up on, can see