The attack was the most serious diplomatic breach since the traumatic assault on the United States Embassy after Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Merryll Vorster, the forensic psychiatrist called by the defence, was in no doubt that the amputation of both of Pistorius's limbs as a pre-verbal child, before he was one, would have been experienced as a traumatic assault, that the family attitude had meant he was never allowed to see himself as disabled, and that this had a significant detrimental impact on his development.
The anxiety disorder was the result of surgery at the age of 11 months to remove his lower legs, she said, a "traumatic assault" for an infant at that age.
As a breast reconstructive surgeon who works in tandem with oncologists and radiologists, Alexes points out that while surgery and radiation are necessary, they are a traumatic assault on the body.
Lit mags Briarpatch and Quill & Quire have posted Boyden callouts (the former kicking him off a writing award panel), while Room Magazine hosted an account of author Jen Sookfong Lee's traumatic assault.
The suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons earlier this year reminded us how a horribly traumatic sexual assault can be exponentially amplified by online harassment.
"He singled his victims out for attention using charm and flattery, before subjecting them to traumatic and callous assaults".
Alcohol is often an emotional prop, a way of coping with pain, harm, sexual assault, traumatic events, inability to find the words to talk about stress, coping with financial pressure, family life, parenting pressure, death.
Similar to overall analyses for nonsuicidal cutting, neither type of traumatic exposure (nonsexual assault or forced sexual activity) was significantly associated with nonsuicidal cutting for both genders.
Results were similar for nonsuicidal cutting, except that neither type of traumatic exposure (nonsexual assault or forced sexual activity) was significantly associated with NSSI, likely a consequence of lower power.
