The scientific study of suffering inevitably raises questions of causation, and with these, issues of blame and responsibility. Historically, doctors have highlighted predisposing vulnerability factors for developing PTSD, at the expense of recognizing the reality...

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)

mistake.’ That’s insulting. I’m not a mistake.

As the incidence and fear of rape on college campuses have increased, the term rape has been generalized to mean ‘misuse; diminish the effects of; steal; defeat’: “I just went to the mall and raped...

Denial and minimizing is often seen in genuine PTSD and, hence, should be a target of detection and measurement.

Let’s be honest, the world’s always been a scary place with very little charm.” I try to brush it off as I’ve brushed off the flu, as I brushed off the death of my father...

Mind Your Language in the Presence of PatriachsQ. When is rape not rape? A. When it is your father or stepfather.

Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in other contexts that diminishes the reality of it, and the impact it has on women’s...

Unlike other forms of psychological disorders, the core issue in trauma is reality.