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psychological trauma; mental trauma
Lasting psychological damage caused by a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. The formal Japanese term for what is commonly called 'trauma' in everyday speech.
心的外傷を負う。
To suffer psychological trauma.
災害による心的外傷のケアが必要だ。
Care for psychological trauma caused by the disaster is needed.
幼少期の体験が心的外傷となり、大人になっても影響を受けることがある。
Childhood experiences can become psychological trauma and continue to affect a person into adulthood.
The formal Japanese term for psychological trauma. Composed of 心的 (psychological, mental) + 外傷 (wound, injury). In everyday speech, the loanword トラウマ is far more common.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 心的外傷を負う: to suffer psychological trauma
- 心的外傷を受ける: to receive psychological trauma
- 心的外傷ストレス障害: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- 心的外傷の治療: treatment of psychological trauma
ABBREVIATION:
心的外傷ストレス障害 is often abbreviated to PTSD, which is widely recognized in Japanese.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- トラウマ: trauma — the everyday loanword; used casually for both serious and minor emotional wounds. 心的外傷 is the formal clinical term.
- 精神的ショック: psychological shock — describes the immediate impact of a traumatic event, while 心的外傷 refers to the lasting damage.
- 外傷: wound; injury — without 心的, refers to physical injury only.