traumatisation
Inflicting lasting damage
Traumatisation is the process of becoming traumatised—psychologically damaged by a distressing experience.
The term appears in clinical and academic contexts discussing how harmful events affect individuals or groups: childhood traumatisation, the traumatisation of war refugees.
Also spelled traumatization.
Involuntary vivid memory episodes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- hypervigilanceHeightened threat sensitivity
nightmares · intrusive · triggers · retraumatisation · attachment · avoidance · numbing · hyperarousal
Restoration of health
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
coping · processing · support · recovery · restoration · growth · adaptation · grounding
Cruel or violent treatment
- neglectFailure to provide care
- violenceHarmful physical force
- assaultViolent offensive act
- accidentUnintended harmful event
disaster · war · combat · childhood · domestic · sexual · bullying · abandonment
Permanent mark formation
- woundingCausing physical injury
- damageHarm or impairment
- harmInjury or damage
- lastingContinuing through time
chronic · acute · dysregulation · impairment · dysfunction · fragmentation · shattered · broken
flashbacks
Involuntary vivid memory episodes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
hypervigilance · nightmares · intrusive · triggers · retraumatisation · attachment · avoidance · numbing · hyperarousal · fight-or-flight
healing
Restoration of health
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
rehabilitation · coping · processing · support · recovery · restoration · growth · adaptation · grounding · stabilisation
abuse
Cruel or violent treatment
accident · disaster · war · combat · childhood · domestic · sexual · bullying · abandonment · loss
scarring
Permanent mark formation
lasting · chronic · acute · dysregulation · impairment · dysfunction · fragmentation · shattered · broken · impact
traumatisationhealing
Restoration of health
recovery · restoration · psychological healing · trauma recovery · emotional healing
traumatisationprotection
Guarding against harm
safeguarding · shielding · nurturing · preservation · sheltering
traumatisationpost-traumatic growth
Development sparked by crisis
flourishing · thriving · empowerment · self-actualisation · psychological growth
trauma, traumatic, retraumatization, traumatise, traumatised, traumatology, traumatises, traumatising, traumatization