Concept information
Preferred term
personal identity and trauma
Definition
- Many survivors of traumatic events have reported that their selves were shattered by the trauma. Survivors of Nazi death camps have said that they died in the camps, war veterans have remarked that they lost themselves in battle, and rape victims have written of missing their lost selves. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Personal Identity and Trauma]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/personal_identity_and_trauma
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