How peace is shaped by healing the fragmented self
Abstract Recent research has suggested that betrayal trauma, where a child is an object of others' violence, can lead to him or her becoming an aggressor later in life. Trauma and violence have been shown to be integrally linked. A shattered self leads to a shattered world through elements such as internalization, splitting, and identification. [...]
Alzheimer's. Ghosts from the past?
At the residential care center, they had asked me to contact a resident because she was so anxious all the time. I stepped into her room. It was a sunny day in autumn and warm colors bathed her room in a peaceful glow. The elderly woman was busy doing all kinds of [...]
Love in times of euthanasia
All the hearts in the shop windows, the pink-red infused advertising to love and honor love, bring my thoughts to my experience with Mr. S. Mr. S. had requested euthanasia, which was also declared accessible. Because of concern for his emotional state, I was summoned as a psychotraumatologist to meet with him [...].