traumatise
Inflict lasting distress
To traumatise is to inflict lasting psychological damage, typically through a shocking or distressing experience: The accident traumatised her for years.
The word can also describe physical injury in medical contexts, though the psychological sense dominates everyday usage.
Often used loosely for any upsetting experience: That movie traumatised me.
British spelling of traumatize.
Severe anxiety or suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
pain · grief · heartache · despair · misery · sorrow · turmoil · affliction
Physical or psychological harm
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- harmInjury or damage
- damageHarm or impairment
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
accident · violence · assault · abuse · attack · battery · blow · impact
Involuntary vivid memory episodes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- hypervigilanceHeightened threat sensitivity
triggers · nightmares · intrusive · retraumatise · victimhood · survivor · psychopathology · abreaction
Restoration of health
- copingManaging under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
empowerment · processing · integration · growth · restoration · overcome · self-care · survivor
Identification of illness
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- disorderAbsence of organization
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
chronic · severity · prognosis · intervention · treatment · therapy · counseling · psychotherapy
distress
Severe anxiety or suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
agony · pain · grief · heartache · despair · misery · sorrow · turmoil · affliction · woe
injury
Physical or psychological harm
shock · accident · violence · assault · abuse · attack · battery · blow · impact · collision
flashbacks
Involuntary vivid memory episodes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
hypervigilance · triggers · nightmares · intrusive · retraumatise · victimhood · survivor · psychopathology · abreaction · neurosis
healing
Restoration of health
- copingManaging under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- supportTo uphold or sustain
rehabilitation · empowerment · processing · integration · growth · restoration · overcome · self-care · survivor · recovery
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- disorderAbsence of organization
acute · chronic · severity · prognosis · intervention · treatment · therapy · counseling · psychotherapy · psychiatry
traumatiseheal
Restore to wellness
cure · rehabilitate · restore · mend · repair
- post-traumatic stressLasting distress after trauma
- traumatic memoryDistressing event recall
- post-traumatic stress disorderLasting distress from trauma
- traumatic stressAnxiety following overwhelming events
- traumatic brain injuryBrain damage from external force
- post traumatic stress
traumatic, retraumatization, traumatize, traumatized, traumatizing, traumatised, traumatizes, traumatises, traumatising