contemporary literary traumatheory indicates that experiencing trauma creates a fear that destroys identity. in fact, experiencing trauma creates a new identity for the victim. the representation of the trauma and the formation of the new identity for the victim are the building blocks of trauma novels. due to the nature of trauma, it seems impossible to fully describe traumatic experiences by ...

Contemporary literary traumatheory indicates that experiencing trauma creates a fear that destroys identity. In fact, experiencing trauma creates a new identity for the victim. The representation of the trauma and the formation of the new identity for the victim are the building blocks of trauma novels. Due to the nature of trauma, it seems impossible to fully describe traumatic experiences by ...

Introduction Theoretical perspectives emphasize that trauma and complex/posttraumatic stress disorder (C/PTSD) may interrupt with the perception of normal day-to-day bodily sensations, such as hunger, temperature pain. Yet, a coherent conceptual synthesis processes is still lacking. Objectives This presentation portrayes two studies provide empirical grounding for conceptualization ‘Posttraumat...

Individuals in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment have shown high levels of difficulty with emotion regulation, as well as a high prevalence of reported trauma and symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS). Dissociation from the body is a common clinical experience among women with a history of sexual trauma. Research has shown promising effects of mind-body approaches in SUD treatment, as we...

BACKGROUND Evidence points toward shared characteristics between female survivors of sexual abuse and women with dyspareunia. This study explored, for the first time, similarities and differences between women who were exposed to sexual abuse to those with dyspareunia, in order to examine whether insecure attachment styles and high somatization level are associated with trauma among women with ...

This article explores key conceptualisations of ‘somatisation’, a term that refers to physiological symptoms without organic causes. A history dating back to Freud identifies philosophical underpinnings of a dualistic theorising of bodily symptoms and subsequent medicalisations of bodily illness, with recent elaborations on influencing psychological sources in somatic symptom presentations. Con...

This article explores the relationship between temporality, trauma and responsibility in the novel Catch-22. Borrowing from psychoanalytic theories of the drive, I develop a reading of the temporality of trauma in general, and as related to the drives. This involves a delayed-reaction, non-linear articulation of the trauma that is intimately linked in Catch-22 to the ways in which Yossarian is ...

The emergency department structure and treatment services deal with critical, semi-critical, urgent care cases. Among these cases are medical surgical can be divided into trauma non-trauma-based Trauma cases, therefore, a sub-specialized field provided within the patients presenting acute bodily harm. A proper system of traumatology must in place to recognise major trauma, relay accurate timely...

Trauma is classified as bodily injury severe enough to pose a threat to life or to individual parts of the body such as a limb or an organ [3,4]. Trauma remains a national and worldwide public health problem and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially among previously healthy, productive young people and among males in particular [3]. The majority of trauma care is carried out...