retraumatise
Inflict fresh wounds
To retraumatise is to cause someone to experience the effects of a past trauma again.
Survivors may be retraumatised by insensitive questioning, media coverage, or encounters that echo the original event: She was retraumatised when the case went to trial and she had to testify.
The spelling retraumatize is standard in American English.
Chronic reaction to horrific events
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- hypervigilanceHeightened threat sensitivity
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
nightmare · overwhelm · distress · regression · destabilization · shutdown · dysregulation · reexperiencing
Involuntary past memory
- reminderMemory aid
- resurfaceAppear again after absence
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
- provocationAct that triggers response
reactivation · re-exposure · incident · anniversary · confrontation · encounter · disclosure · interrogation
Reverse in progress
- relapseReturn to former illness
- regressionReturn to former state
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
Of formal establishments
- revictimizationRepeated harm to prior sufferer
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- minimizationMaking as small as possible
PTSD
Chronic reaction to horrific events
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- hypervigilanceHeightened threat sensitivity
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
panic · nightmare · overwhelm · distress · regression · destabilization · shutdown · dysregulation · reexperiencing · avoidance
flashback
Involuntary past memory
provocation · reactivation · re-exposure · incident · anniversary · confrontation · encounter · disclosure · interrogation · testimony
setback
Reverse in progress
- relapseReturn to former illness
- regressionReturn to former state
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
institutional
Of formal establishments
- revictimizationRepeated harm to prior sufferer
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
minimization · denial · gaslighting · silencing · investigation