All articles tagged with #trauma
Slate reports that high-functioning women frequently experience dissociative eating, a state where they consume food without awareness or connection to the act. This behavior, often mistaken for simple overeating, is linked to trauma, perfectionism, and societal pressures that prioritize productivity over bodily needs. Experts suggest that rebuilding trust with hunger cues can help restore this connection.
Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek Pinault discuss their new film Without Blood, an adaptation of Alessandro Baricco’s novella, focusing on trauma and healing through a two-hander about Nina’s quest for vengeance and Tito’s role, while Jolie hints at universal resonance over a specific war setting and the pair tease a possible future comedy collaboration and their deep artistic partnership.
A long-running Pittsburgh brain-health study called Phresh, which tracked how adversity, trauma, and neighborhood factors relate to cognitive health and Alzheimer’s risk in Black, low-income communities, was canceled after NIH funding cuts tied to DEI concerns under the Trump administration. Researchers warn participants won’t receive promised cognitive feedback and valuable data could be lost, potentially delaying dementia diagnoses. Universities plan appeals amid lawsuits arguing political interference with science, highlighting how funding decisions could reshape who is studied and how results are interpreted.
LA Times critics curate nine films that capture the era’s lingering anxiety after 9/11, from direct depictions like United 93 and Zero Dark Thirty to oblique trauma dramas such as Donnie Darko, 25th Hour, Munich, The Dark Knight, The Hurt Locker, Man on Wire and Margaret, arguing that post-9/11 cinema is defined by psychological unease and moral ambiguity rather than literal retellings.
On the 25th anniversary, USA TODAY gathers stories from Americans across generations—Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and the Silent and Greatest Generations—about where they were on Sept. 11 and how the attacks reshaped their lives and the nation: personal moments of fear, loss, and resilience; shifts in work, travel, and security; and a lasting call to unity and civic engagement amid rising uncertainty and later social tensions.
A Solihull-born expat living in Kathmandu says the glacial-collapse floods in Nepal have devastated communities along the Nepal–Tibet corridor, with at least 1,200 deaths and thousands still missing; towns gutted, trade disrupted, food prices rising, and hydropower plants damaged as the army leads relief and families search for loved ones.
A Christian nurse named Noreen entered a burning government hospital nursery in Pakistan to save newborns during a fire that killed 14 babies. She says she acted as a mother and as part of her duty, not for heroics, and she remains traumatized and sleep-deprived. In the aftermath, eight officials have been suspended after a government inquiry found serious fire-safety and emergency-response failures, while Noreen’s brave actions have drawn nationwide praise.
Thuc Doan Nguyen-Brophy, who filmed the World Trade Center attack from her Chinatown apartment on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, avoided watching the footage for 25 years; in a future-facing look at memory and trauma, she returns to the apartment for the first time in 25 years and finally watches the tape, reflecting on resilience, safety, and how time reshapes what we remember.
A large international study of 858 participants across 44 countries found that women receiving electroconvulsive therapy report less mood improvement and more memory loss than men, with higher perceptions of coerced treatment and gaps in trauma-informed care; the piece also cites Paris Jackson’s painful experience to highlight the need for better patient information and regulation.
Traumatic memories are not stored or recalled like ordinary memories; during trauma, the amygdala stays highly active while the hippocampus is overwhelmed, causing memories to break into sensory fragments and to be relived as if the threat is happening now. This non-linear recall can look inconsistent or even be misread as lying, especially by lawyers or clinicians. A trauma‑informed approach—empathy, careful language, and awareness that memory can be fragmented—improves support in healthcare, legal settings, and everyday relationships and can aid survivors’ healing.
Two psychologists critique the modern revival of ‘repressed memories’ and dissociative amnesia, arguing that trauma memories are not uniquely fragmented, recovered memories often reflect suggestion and misattribution, and that popular therapies lack robust evidence; they trace the memory-war’s history, critique van der Kolk’s claims, and highlight science-based counterpoints such as Michael Scheeringa’s work.
Richard Madden will star in Trauma, a high-stakes hostage-thriller set inside a London hospital, produced by Lionsgate Television and 42 Management; Prime Video will release it in the UK and Ireland while Paramount+ handles global distribution, with creator Geoff Bussetil and director Daniel Syrkin shaping a story about a former marine medic-turned-ER doctor fighting floor by floor to save everyone as terrorists seize the hospital during the PM’s surgery.
Richard Madden will star in Trauma, a London hospital hostage thriller for Paramount+ from Lionsgate Television and 42 Production; created by Geoff Bussetil, the series follows an ER doctor racing through a hospital to save lives as terrorists seize the building and hold the Prime Minister hostage during surgery, with Prime Video and Paramount+ co-producing/distributing.
Emerging research suggests chronic inflammation, driven by a trauma-triggered stress response, could contribute to dissociative experiences such as depersonalization and derealization. Early data from a long-term UK cohort found links between childhood inflammatory markers (like interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein) and later dissociative symptoms, though the results are correlational and not causal. If confirmed, this could open new avenues for anti-inflammatory treatments, but experts caution that much remains unknown and biomarkers are nonspecific across conditions.
A study and reports show a sharp rise in injuries from pedal-powered and electric bikes and scooters treated in NYC ERs, with e-bike–related trauma increasing from under 10% of trauma admissions in 2018 to over 50% by 2023. About one-third of the 914 patients studied sustained traumatic brain injuries; helmet use was under 33%, and 20% tested positive for alcohol. With e-bikes capable of up to 28 mph, crashes pose greater risk to riders and pedestrians alike, who suffer brain injuries at nearly double the rate of riders. Researchers call for safer bike lanes, helmet programs, and enforcement, and some states (like New Jersey) have enacted registration and licensing requirements to curb risk as micromobility grows.