Traumagenic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That leads to trauma; trauma-forming. not-comparable

    "Risk factors will not be realised in the context does not support or trigger them. Oppressive, traumagenic, and trauma-triggering contexts are likely to release processes that realise the negative resource cycles linked with mental health deterioration […] trauma responses to either reminders/triggers or current traumagenic contexts. […]"

  2. 2
    Of a system (“set of alters of a person”): having become multiple due to psychological trauma. not-comparable

    "We weren't going to do this, but it needs to be said. Get ready for a thread, it's time to wade into some syscourse on Main. ¶ Let's start by making one thing perfectly clear: we are a traumagenic system."

Synonyms

All synonyms
traumatogenic

Example

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"Risk factors will not be realised in the context does not support or trigger them. Oppressive, traumagenic, and trauma-triggering contexts are likely to release processes that realise the negative resource cycles linked with mental health deterioration […] trauma responses to either reminders/triggers or current traumagenic contexts. […]"

Etymology

From trauma + -genic (“generating; generated by”).

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