“It is indeed the truth of the traumatic experience that forms the center of its psychopathology; it is not a pathology of falsehood or displacement of meaning, but of history itself” (p. 5)” RealityTruthHistoryTraumaPtsdSociety DenialPosttraumatic Stress DisorderMinimization Book:Trauma: Explorations in Memory Source: Trauma: Explorations in Memory
“As modern neurobiologists point out, the repetition of the traumatic experience in the flashbacks can be itself re-traumatizing; if not life-threatening, it is at least threatening to the chemical structure of the brain and can ultimately lead to deterioration. And this would also seem to explain the high suicide rate of survivor, for example, survivors of Vietnam.” SuicideMental IllnessPtsdVietnam WarNeurobiologyPosttraumatic Stress DisorderFlashbacksSuicidalityVeterans AffairsVietnam VeteransRetraumatizationSuicide Rates Book:Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative and History Source: Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative and History