The phrase "a traumatic reminder" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that evokes a painful or distressing memory or experience.
Example: "The old photograph served as a traumatic reminder of the events that had transpired."
Alternatives: "a painful reminder" or "a distressing reminder".
There are no federal statistics on the number of people living with bullets inside them, but in interviews, four victims of mass shootings discussed what the bullets have come to symbolize: a proud survival, a traumatic reminder, a fearful memory, a politicized turning point.
The shelled-shocked faces of Thomas and Daniel's parents are a traumatic reminder of our unfathomable world, and the weekend worries of other Australian parents are a legitimate consideration.
The authors used diesel odor as a very traumatic reminder of affective episodes for war veterans.
For the wider European scene and the west, what has happened in Paris can only be a watershed and many will see it as a crude, violent, traumatic reminder of the fact we all still live in the post-9/11 era.
Shin et al. [ 17] observed a correlation between increased amygdala function and decreased mPFC function in response to traumatic reminders, indicating that a dysfunctional mPFC might fail to inhibit an overresponsive amygdala in PTSD.
The SLC6A4 SNP rs16965628 and 5-HTTLPR are associated with a bias in neural responses to traumatic reminders and cognitive control of emotions in patients with PTSD.
The SLC6A4 SNP rs16965628 and 5-HTTLPR are associated with a bias in neural circuit responses to traumatic reminders and cognitive control of emotions in patients with PTSD.
But there were other troubling, if less traumatic reminders, too.
The antidote to the anxiety imposed by traumatic reminders, experts say, is not to avoid situations that recall the events -- a strategy that can make symptoms worse -- but to limit exposure when possible.
While many people gradually become desensitized to traumatic reminders -- Ms. Risutto, for example, said her responses to airplanes and loud noises were slowly diminishing -- other people's nervous systems remain hypersensitive, sometimes even after months or years have passed.
Effective interventions should involve (1) providing emotion regulation and coping skills; and (2) helping children to process traumatic aspects of the abuse to reduce the cyclic nature of traumatic reminders leading to unmanageable stress and dissociation.
