traumatic
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Moving on to a new doctor is highly traumatic and fraught with problems related to continuity of care.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
“It’s like being stuck in a maze and no matter what path you choose there’s just black holes everywhere that you keep falling into,” he says before launching into a traumatic memory.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Turning the page didn’t work after the most traumatic event in American history.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
A medically-induced coma is when sedatives are used to put a patient into a reversible state of deep unresponsiveness, to try and protect the brain from traumatic damage.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Despite a traumatic childhood and a mother who wanted him to become a farmer, Newton enrolled in Cambridge in the 1660s—and flourished.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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