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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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De Araújo lived through a similar trauma and skillfully maps the chasm between parents who want to protect their kid’s innocence and a girl who needs answers.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's a combination of a few things, but certainly there is some residual trauma about the two seasons where we felt on track for the title and suddenly fell away," she added.

From BBC

Yet the never-ending reckoning with their childhood trauma continued, barely interrupted.

From BBC

It brings a lot of trauma back for her.

From Los Angeles Times

In his apology ad, the rapper wrote that his behavior was caused by brain trauma from a car accident 25 years ago which later contributed to his bipolar diagnosis.

From The Wall Street Journal