Trauma is a very important part of one’s life DaShanne Stokes believes, “trauma doesn’t makes you weak. It makes you a survivor.” It is important to overcome trauma to understand the reality of life and sense of self. A terrifying event that a person has experienced or learned about, particularly one that is threatening can cause the individual to feel extreme fear, horror, or a sense of defencelessness. There are many ways to resolve trauma and overcome the fear linked with it. Some methods are overcoming guilt by honestly reflecting on the event, moving forward by accepting the event, and by facing fears linked with the event. For instance, Oskar was trying to avoid the guilt that he could not pick up his father’s last phone call, which kept him determined to follow his plan and to find the lock that fits the key left behind by his father. He also overcame his anxiety about public transportation and crossing long bridges by facing his …show more content…
However, at certain point everyone must face the reality. The fear and reminders of the traumatic event which happened in Oskar’s life are repetitively displayed in Jonathan Foer’s novel “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”. In Oskar’s journey of finding the lock that fits the key that he found in his father’s closet, he faced and had to overcome most horrifying aspects of his fear: “A lot of the time I'd get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way” (Foer, 2005, p.72). After the event, 9\11 “the worst day”, Oskar has many more fears like, fears of strangers, crowded places, public transportations, bridges, airplanes, and heights. Oskar’s determination about finding the lock helped him face most of his fears he crossed bridges, talked to most people named Black’s lives in New York about the key, and use public transportation because his grandfather cannot do long distance
The soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front, have experienced many hardships and they are expressed in a way of great horror and violence along with In The Field written by Tim O’Brien, and In Flanders Fields, written by John McCrae. Throughout the novel of All Quiet on the Western Front, which was written by Erich Maria Remarque, there are countless mentions that truly show the true horrors of war. Paul Baumer, the leading protagonist in All Quiet on the Western Front, states his surroundings in a way that entices the reader to his perspective and really coaxes with their mind to induce the harsh surroundings and environments that lie in war. In the beginning of chapter six, Paul and the other soldiers are settled along the front, which for the average person, is enough to scare them to a point where they would not even consider going into warfare because of the horrors that lie within Paul Baumer and the other soldiers.
Truama Trauma is one of the most terrible things that can happen to a person. The experience of a trauma can completely change someone whether it be for good or for worse, it all depends on the person and how they handle with it. Not everyone is the same with handling traumatic events the effect of it can very from person to person. One person can can benefit from it and other can completely collapse because of the emotional pressure it causes them, in truth it all depends on you.
Imagine waking up to a pungent odor and thousands of grim, lifeless faces. Imagine losing friends one by one, then eventually even family members. Merciless Nazis surrounding the camp, making escape impossible. The only thing one can do is to hope and to be courageous. Courage is a dear friend; fear, however, is a vicious enemy.
But a little boy broke his fear by trying to achieve the goal of being fed but, in an instant he was shoot. This truly show how much fear has set in for hundreds of men that won’t eat but are dying from hunger. No matter how much your life is at risk or going to be fear can stop what you what to do. The book night portrays a common theme, Fear without it people wouldn’t survive for as long as they did.
In Night, a non-fictional novel, Elie Wiesel, the author, recounts his experience with his father at Nazi German concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. A memoir on the Holocaust, the novel addresses the task of describing the indescribable and does it quite well, taking readers on an emotional roll coaster. The novel evokes various feelings including sadness and anger as Wiesel describes explicit details of his experiences during the Holocaust. After reading Night, I felt powerless and depressed as I reflected on my perspective of humanity. I also felt disappointed and frustrated with the details perhaps due to the fact that the details came from a true story.
In the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni, relinquishing guilt is a process that happens along with characters’ maturation, as they go through stages of avoidance, attempts to be good and confession of past sins. A first action taken in order to relinquish overwhelming emotion of guilt is avoidance. An act of avoiding sins is an impetuous but a natural response. After committing a despicable act, the first instinctively triggered emotion is fear. Fear obscures one’s conscience and causes a person to be cowardly and selfish.
Imagine waking up to a pungent odor and thousands of grim, lifeless faces. Imagine losing friends one by one, then eventually even family members. Merciless Nazis surrounding the camp, making escape impossible. The only thing one can do is to hope and to be courageous. Courage is a dear friend; fear, however, is a vicious enemy.
Harner & Burgess, 2011states that a range of physical and mental health illnesses have been associated with previous trauma exposure. The findings are especially evident in individuals, which have experienced multiple/prolonged periods of victimizations. Harris & Fallot 2004 also states that one of the most common effects of trauma experience is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), an anxiety disorder that is likely to develop later in response to traumatic event. Symptoms experienced with PTSD include re-living symptoms (nightmares, flash backs, interfering and unpleasant
The theme of the story is about the happiness in life so many people have numbed themselves to or feel as though they are forbidden to feel. Through the surprise and ironic death of the protagonist, Oates shows how easily that joy and happiness can disappear or be ripped away. The setting and theme of this story relates to our current society and how individuals within society feel entitled to extreme privacy and personal space and are unable to cope with stress, anxiety and the struggles of everyday life. Oates also depicts and how an invasion of this could trigger irrational reactions to something as small as a
Fear can do a lot to a person, fear can make someone do crazy things. Elie overcomes the brutalities and insanities of Auschwitz, he faces fear in way in he never expected to face, he develops the fear of selection, the unknown, and fear for his family's safety. Throughout the the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel uses fear to show his journey through deathly encounters, the unknown, and for his caretaker role for his father. First arriving into the ghettos, came the fear of the unknown. Why were Elie and his family there?
As well as, different types of ways solutions to help with PTSD, but the best way is to get help. In addition, it explained the actions that happen to people who experience a traumatic event. It also gave me a better idea of different types of traumas, such as being neglected by your parents, being young and witnessing something terrifying such as a terrorist attack, as well as witnessing your mother get beaten by a stranger and taken away. Finally, I can now explain how traumas affect the body, brain, and
Trauma and Recovery Reflection In studying trauma in children, there are different types of traumas that are discussed. In Judith Herman’s book Trauma and Recovery the two major types of trauma she discusses is Complex Trauma and PTSD. Herman described that “to study psychological trauma means bearing witness to horrible events” (7). This is relevant when she discusses the importance of the therapist’s role when it comes to helping a person who experienced traumatic experience recover.
After the death of his father, Oskar adapted behaviors of an extremely depressed child, such as self-harm as well as creating alternative realities. Often times Oskar was unable to sleep, therefore, he began to construct inventions in his head, which could potentially rid the world of sadness. More often than not, Oskar’s fears as well as his innovative solutions were in one way or another linked to elevators, skyscrapers, ambulances, or open, public areas. This goes to show how Oskar’s creations stemmed from his guilt and remorse from his father’s death. He frequently created his inventions in times of despair and longing, alluding to the destruction of his emotional state since his father’s passing.
Throughout the Medusa’s Hair Obeyesekere notes the importance of a gradual incorporation of symbolism into the behaviors of female ascetics, which result in resolving their overbearing experiences and putting pressure on the religious involvement instead. Thus, his interpretation of this fusion consists of three analogous elements, the existence of correlation between symptom and an emotional context, the usage of symbol as a unique solution for an individual’s crisis and, ultimately, applying a religious form to the concluding role transformation. Symptom and its personal background First, the deep motivation hidden behind the painful experiences of an individual leads to the establishment of the behaviors and aberrations which are further resurfaced in a form of a symptom.
The research study focused on suppression of visual memories. Researchers first believed that majority of trauma had a visual aspect (University of Cambridge, 2014). That most people who have some type of traumatic experiences like military war or some detrimental close encounter visualizes traumatic experience. That these fortunate circumstances had been imbedded in their psyche and with something so traumatic they will never forget the