Psychological Trauma Terminology

verb past tense of haunt, meaning to inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being

adjective causing fear, distress, or uneasiness

• The old mansion was said to be haunted by the ghost of its former owner.
• I heard that the abandoned house down the street is haunted.
• That place gives me the creeps, it's totally haunted.
• The memories of that day haunted him for years to come.

adjective causing someone to feel ashamed or foolish

• The public speech he gave was a humiliating experience for him.
• Losing the game in front of his crush was so humiliating.
• Getting rejected in front of everyone was absolutely humiliating.
• His defeat in the competition was a humiliating blow to his ego.

noun the action of unlawfully seizing and carrying away a person by force or fraud, or seizing and detaining a person against their will

• The police are investigating a case of kidnapping that occurred last night.
• Did you hear about the kidnapping in town? It's really scary.
• That kidnapping was a real messed up situation.
• The company's aggressive marketing tactics could be seen as a form of kidnapping customers' attention.

noun N/A

verb verb shows an action or a state of being, in this case, 'mutilated' is the past tense of the verb 'mutilate' which means to severely damage or disfigure

adjective adjective describes a noun or pronoun, in this case, 'mutilated' describes something that has been severely damaged or disfigured

adverb N/A

pronoun N/A

preposition N/A

conjunction N/A

interjection N/A

article N/A

• The forensic team discovered the mutilated body in the abandoned warehouse.
• I heard that the poor cat was found mutilated in the alley.
• The gang members mutilated his car as a warning.
• Her reputation was mutilated by the scandal.

noun a period of time following a war

• The country faced many challenges afterwar as it worked to rebuild its infrastructure.
• Afterwar, we all went out for a drink to celebrate the end of a long and difficult battle.
• I can't believe we made it out of that mess afterwar, it was touch and go for a while.
• The emotional scars of the war lingered long afterwar, affecting all those who lived through it.