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trauma

trauma

204 4.8
A very upsetting experience that hurts your feelings and mind
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɔɪmə/
  • Specialized
: trauma psicológico
  • She sought therapy to help her cope with the emotional trauma of her childhood experiences.
  • childhood trauma
  • trauma symptoms
  • experience trauma

It's actually here that the trauma bond gets its roots.

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Examples

  • It's actually here that the trauma bond gets its roots.

  • It could take anywhere from weeks to years for a brain to recover from a trauma like this.

  • I think we hear the word trauma more often these days.

  • But I also think that past trauma plays a part.

  • We carry a lot of trauma, a lot of trauma.

  • Everyone wants to get on with life, even though the trauma is never past.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Early childhood trauma is bad for your brain.

  • The most intense part of the trauma recovery process occurs in this stage.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Here's the thing though, trauma is a part of life.

  • The trauma of this act warped the minds of the group.

Synonyms

wound
vstrauma
43 5.4

A deep hurt to a person's feelings or pride

is the deeper long lasting psychological injury rather than brief hurt
emotional scar
vstrauma
7 5.0

A lasting hurt in your feelings after a very upsetting event

is the broader distressing experience that creates lasting harm
psychic trauma
vstrauma
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A very strong emotional hurt that stays for a long time after a frightening or sad event

is a general distressing experience causing long term psychological injury
traumatization
vstrauma
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Experiencing lasting emotional harm after frightening or violent events

is the singular distressing event rather than the ongoing process
emotional wound
vstrauma
1 6.3

A deep hurt inside that stays after a painful event

is the underlying distressing event that produced lasting harm

Antonyms

288 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

109 2.6

That helps the body or mind become healthy again

Compounds

blunt trauma
  • Specialized
49 5.3

Injury caused by a hard hit that does not make a cut, often in car crashes

penetrating trauma
  • Specialized
3 6.5

A wound made when an object enters the body, like a knife or bullet

psychic trauma
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A very strong emotional hurt that stays for a long time after a frightening or sad event

birth trauma
  • Specialized
1 5.8

An injury to a newborn during birth

blast trauma
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Damage to the body from the strong wave of air and flying debris after an explosion

birth trauma
  • Specialized
1 5.8

Strong emotional distress a parent has during a difficult childbirth or after it, such as anxiety and bad memories

birth trauma
  • Specialized
7.3

Emotional harm some people think a baby gets during birth that may affect later life

How Traumatic

trauma
  • Specialized
204 4.8
distress
253 3.6
shock
623 2.3
upset
9 1.8

Surface Forms

trauma singular
traumas plural

Etymology

The word trauma comes from an old Greek word trauma that means 'wound'. Think of emotional trauma as a deep 'wound' to the mind or feelings, just like in the word traumatic, which is why it can have long-lasting effects.