"Dolours was a woman who was deeply traumatized by what she had done," McIntyre told me.
"In the process, the victim allegedly suffered physical injuries and has been deeply traumatized by the ordeal".
Many soldiers are deeply traumatized by killing and maiming, which is the business of war, and no amount of glorification can wipe away their inner wounds.
But I think she was deeply traumatized by it, and I don't blame her for being superstitious and seeking help, even from an astrologer.
Most of the women we meet in northern Iraq are deeply traumatized by their experiences of war, and by their ongoing struggle to survive.
Simon Leng, author of the first musical biography on the ex-Beatle, has written of Harrison being "deeply traumatized" by the effects of his former band's unprecedented popularity and his runaway solo success following their break-up in April 1970.
Terry believes that when his father returned to the family's home in Braddock in 1946, "all he wanted to do was make people happy," because he had been deeply traumatized by the experience of war.
"To the contrary, I had every indication that Jackie was deeply traumatized by the very existence of this individual, and that she was afraid retribution from him and from his fraternity," she said.
Iraqis, thinks Burns, were "deeply traumatized" by the regime of Sadaam Hussein; and this hidden trauma created "deep fissures" (very deep -- so how could we know?) in the psyche and society of Iraq.
But such attacks can be deeply traumatizing, causing men to question their sexuality or view themselves as weak.
