Informit article: Trauma talk

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Arena Quarterly no. 2

Mark Furlong, Simon Lehner

Jul 2020

Abstract:

Didn’t get that job, relationship breakdown, bad loss in the semi-final? These kinds of losses can now colloquially be described using the ‘T’ word. No longer unusual or noteworthy, ‘trauma’ has become common usage for the narration of personal distress.

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