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trauma

Definition for trauma

noun as in severe mental or physical pain

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“I’m sure it affected me a bunch of different ways. There was a lot of trauma, and we’re shaped by that stuff,” he explained.

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By keeping their shared traumas largely undefined for most of the film, Trier allows the Borg family dynamics to be appropriately murky.

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“This maybe leans into the way that trauma can be often experienced as a memory and the dancing is a way of shaking that off.”

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Pathomrit explained that she integrates case management into her therapy sessions because many clients with depression, trauma or avoidance behaviors may struggle to maintain relationships with case managers or follow through on referrals.

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Because these groups were concentrated in specific counties and eligible for benefits through refugee programs, their trauma, resettlement stress and needs could be documented.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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