As Brazilian author Paulo Coelho writes, “You drown not by falling into a river but by staying submerged in it.” This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively.

When survivors of trauma recount their experiences, they are often questioned because of how they relay their stories. They may have problems remembering what happened, or their memories may be ...

Boo Trundle’s novel The Daughter Ship offers a psychologically rigorous portrayal of trauma that aligns closely with contemporary clinical understandings of dissociation, memory fragmentation, and ...

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...

When survivors of trauma recount their experiences, they are often questioned because of how they relay their stories. They may have problems remembering what happened, or their memories may be ...

A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over time, shifting with new experiences and as cognitive and emotional ...

Older adults who experienced traumatic events in adulthood had a 17% faster annual rate of memory decline than those without such experiences, and childhood adversity did not modify this association, ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. If you’ve been to a therapist’s office in the past few years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of eye movement desensitization and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Memories and photos both can misrepresent the past. Westend61 via Getty Images In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder ...

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...