Trauma Research Paper

Hi. Ms Martin, you addressed all the negative impact on trauma, regarding PTSD in youth and adults and now the government is finally addressing those of past Wars, Korea and Vietnam, which I feel has the most trauma experiences, due to not just being in a conflict but also returning to one, when that came home.
Complex trauma encapsulates a recurrent experience of deprivation (and at times overstimulation or the often unpredictable alternation between the two) that leads victims and survivors to feel ensnared by a sense of imminent danger. It challenges their identity and self-worth, causes a disconnection from primary support systems and community, and often results in despair. One of our clients described the experience as being analogous

I (SVD) can remember having a discussion with a pastor and his wife about how the church could best respond to traumatized individuals. As some of the difficulties of working with survivors were discussed, particularly the distrust of their pastoral care and God’s sovereignty, the pastor’s wife abruptly ended the conversation with the Copyright American Psychological Association. Not for further distribution. Spirituality, religion, and complex developmental trauma 31 pronouncement, “People don’t change or heal not because they were injured as children but because their hearts are not open to God.” The implication that a survivor’s profound disconnection and distrust is about a “hardening heart” is a Christian reference to rebelliousness and dishonoring of God that unfortunately does not take into account the defenses that are mounted to protect a damaged heart and spirit. Often, disparaging labels have come out of other biblical references used out of the appropriate context, for example, asking a woman in a domestic violence situation to “turn the other cheek” or