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Trauma
We all know know the phrase. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has earned legitimacy since the Vietnam War. Our decades-long Middle East wars have added to those suffering from PTSD. Outside of warfare, trauma also exists in many forms. Have you ever experienced trauma? When and in what circumstances? Do traumatic aftereffects linger in your awareness? How do you deal with them? Think back about Trauma and share forward!Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt

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Khati Hendry
In the universe of trauma, it seems pretty trivial to describe a childhood horror movie. Looking back now, it is hard to [...]

When our son was young we spent many summers in rented houses on the beach. (See Skinny Dipping and The Great Hampton [...]

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Laurie Levy
After my mother was pronounced dead, my sister-in-law handed me the diamond necklace Mom always wore.

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Betsy Pfau
There are many forms of trauma from psychological to emotional to physical. One cannot outweigh or place a different set of [...]

Thankfully I’ve been spared great personal trauma, but I remember my early awareness of the horrific trauma suffered by [...]

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Suzy
It was probably the most traumatic event of my life, and certainly the most traumatic event of Molly's.

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Suzy
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June 3, 2016

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Risa Nye
This must be the way things are done here, I thought. No turning back now. So I focused on the ceiling fan as it spun in a [...]
Prompted By Nudity
July 15, 2018
Think back about …
Trauma
We all know know the phrase. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has earned legitimacy since the Vietnam War. Our decades-long Middle East wars have added to those suffering from PTSD. Outside of warfare, trauma also exists in many forms. Have you ever experienced trauma? When and in what circumstances? Do traumatic aftereffects linger in your awareness? How do you deal with them? Think back about Trauma and share forward!Upcoming Prompts
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