traumatic situation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftraumaticandsituation
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traumatic
adjective
uk/trɔːˈmæt.ɪk/us/trɑːˈmæt̬.ɪk/
causing severe and lasting emotional shock ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition oftraumaticandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Possibly, atraumaticsituationcould involve the release of unusually large amounts of stress hormones, thus reducing learning.
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Rather, these sensory fragments would be revived in consciousness primarily from associated external cues that resemble those in the originaltraumaticsituation.
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He responded compassionately to thetraumaticsituation.
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We are debating advocacy and the role of the elderly in a changing andtraumaticsituation.
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It is that sort of situation which causes tremendous difficulties for people suddenly faced with atraumaticsituation.
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Putting it off could lead to atraumaticsituationin 12 months or more for both the consumer and the producer.
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This is atraumaticsituationin an area which was built on just those two industries.
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There must be a distinction between being prepared to tolerate that stress in the interests of justice and being protected from thetraumaticsituationof reliving the offence.
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They are in atraumaticsituation.
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Arrogance, however, got in the way of his powers to listen, and we ended up with the mosttraumaticsituation, one for which we are still paying.
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Primarily referred to as psychogenic amnesia or psychogenic fugue, it often occurs due to atraumaticsituationthat individuals wish to consciously or unconsciously avoid.
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They are told to do it again as it wasn't atraumaticsituation, and wouldn't shock the world for four days.
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Individuals who use positive religious coping are likely to seek spiritual support and look for meaning in atraumaticsituation.
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She also explores thetraumaticsituationfacing farm workers and other farming families in similar positions to hers.
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Our treatment may thus be particularly effective in ongoing traumatic situations where fear of ongoing threat to safety is a prominent problem.
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In stressful or traumatic situations, this enhanced and elaborate processing is likely to apply to the stressor itself.
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The growth of anesthesia during the past century, not only in surgery but also in other physically traumatic situations, is proof of this attitude.
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It contains resources that can be marshaled by the individual to cope with stressful and traumatic situations.
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Such young women have experienced incredibly traumatic situations and require specific services, which current arrangements do not provide.
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