Word: traumas
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...scariest aspects of beginning a relationship in our era, particularly at a students’ young age, is the high probability that it will end. During the trauma of a breakup, many couples find themselves wishing the relationship never happened, no matter the amount of happy memories associated with the ex. Often, the happier the relationship, the harder the breakup. What if you could be rid of the memories of your ex-beloved forever...
...Australian I experienced it all firsthand. And having survived the trauma, I’m returning the favor. I frequently delight in relating embellished accounts of my adventures from back home. Riding kangaroos while drinking Fosters is a personal favorite—and Americans always applaud. And if they’re lucky, I might even mutter a somewhat indignant rendition of “Crikey” for a polite Crocodile Hunter...
...witnessed—whether individually felt, communally experienced or both—it was the near death of my best childhood friend that dealt the most crushing blow. The slow, natural dissolution of our friendship over the years had been a great loss, but her accident and consequent medical trauma truly shook me to my core because it showed me how much, and for how long, I’d missed...
...understand better what all the excitement is about, it helps to know a little about the basic immunological response, a cascade of events triggered whenever the body is subjected to trauma or injury. As soon as that splinter slices into your finger, for example, specialized sentinel cells prestationed throughout the body alert the immune system to the presence of any bacteria that might have come along for the ride. Some of those cells, called mast cells, release a chemical called histamine that makes nearby capillaries leaky. This allows small amounts of plasma to pour out, slowing down invading bacteria...
...telling heartbreakingly sad stories, but hugging each other afterward," he says. "Audiences can recognize themselves and their own doubts." He won't speak of any personal tragedy - a question about his youth yields only a curt pointer back to the movie. "My childhood had no exile, no struggle, no trauma like the Behranis," he says. Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji, the son of a Kenyan-Indian doctor and an English actress, in Yorkshire. In a 1989 Daily Express interview, he said that growing up mixed-race in the '50s made him "an oddity ... I was the darkie...