Word: trauma
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...many of the Australian soldiers who served in Iraq in early 2005, the bloody mayhem they were embroiled in was something they hoped to forget. But last week a landmark lawsuit in Australia brought it all back at a time when many are struggling to deal with the mental trauma of their war service...
TIME: You write about such dark subjects. What was it like for you growing up?Picoult: I had this ridiculously happy childhood. I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened...
...building, Memorial Hall, is expected to open by 2011. It is to be about 40% larger than Cole Hall, and will include 10 classrooms, as well as three 250-seat auditoriums. But some at NIU are not sure that is the perfect way to remember the trauma. "It almost seems like they're letting fear dictate their actions. People are trying to say that what [gunman] Steven Kazmierczak did can't stop us. But by tearing down Cole Hall, it does stop us from living as we normally would," says Colin Leicht, a 27-year-old NIU senior...
...acknowledging them intensifies hallucinations. But according to Dr. Marius Romme, a psychiatrist and former professor at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, "Accepting voices is the one precondition to start the process of recovery." He argues that the mind uses this internal chatter to alert people to unresolved trauma: studies by Romme and others estimate that 50% of cases have experienced some form of abuse, and their voices tend to take on characteristics of their tormentors. "The road to recovery," says Romme, "involves getting a better view of that relationship...
...Combat Trauma...