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What is it called when someone has a sexual experience at a young age and is stunted by this traumatic experience?
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∙ 7y ago
It is called child sexual abuse or sexual assault.
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What does traumatic mean?
The word traumatize means to create physical, emotional, or mental pain or anguish. Those who suffer mental or emotional trauma are likely to experience after-effects, sometimes for a long period of time. One condition resulting from such trauma is called PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).
A tropical grassland with scattered shrubs and stunted trees would be called a?
savanna
What is a low stunted tree called that starts with scr?
Scrub.
What is post traumatic stress called in the civil war?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) used to be called "shell shock" after the reactions men would have from being exposed to battle conditions and constant bombshell attack.
Are people with multiply personality disorder born with it?
no, it is onset by a traumatic childhood experience. Multiple Personality Disorder is actually more correctly (according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Psychological Diseases - IV) called Dissociative Identity Disorder.
What is it called when your in a crowd and you hear your name called out?
This experience is known as a "hypnagogic hallucination," a sensory experience that occurs between wakefulness and sleep. It can create the illusion of hearing familiar sounds or voices, like hearing your name being called out in a crowd.
What is a person who has brain damage called?
It really all depends on what the brain damage was. Someone might have had a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, a tumor, bleeding in the brain, or many different things.
Why are idiots called Cretans?
They are not. They are called cretins. Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted physical growth and mental development due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
What does shellshocked mean?
It was called battle fatigue in WW2. Today it's called Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
What is it called when you dont like any gender?
When someone does not experience sexual attraction to any gender, they may identify as asexual.
What is it called when you pass out after getting a shot?
Vasovagal response, unless something traumatic happened in the past that causes the problem, and then it could be a post-traumatic reaction or response (such as someone who had an event in their past where they had to get a lot of shots--not just allergy or diabetic injections, but a trauma like an accident or injury, so that it's tied in with that experience). Most responses are neurological and can be overcome with good relaxation techniques-you hate to say mind-over-matter as if they are weak-minded, but really if they are able to get past the fear, the body will stop shutting down. Or simply Shell Shock
What was post traumatic stress disorder called for World War 1 vets?
shell shock.
