Scars of War (I): Children Caught in Nigeria’s Boko Haram Conflict Battle Trauma
In 2009, 15-year-old Abba Kyari had just finished his final exams for junior secondary school and travelled to Mafoni Ward in Maiduguri, the capital of…
Haunted by War: Nigerian Soldiers Battle Trauma After Fighting Boko Haram
Segun Akogun*, a sergeant in the Nigerian Army, left the war-torn streets of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, in 2018. Seven years later,…
I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer – I turned my trauma into success by creating mastectomy swimwear
A BREAST cancer survivor has used her traumatic health experience to build a successful business, selling mastectomy swimwear.Melanie Luxton-Brookes, 47, was diagnosed with stage three…
Lost Homes, Lingering Trauma: The Mental Health Crisis Among Nigeria’s Displaced
The first attack on the Mai Ido, a small settlement in Kachia, Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria, started around 11 a.m. in April 2022. That morning,…
A rush to normalcy? New Orleans truck attack survivors struggle with trauma | Mental Health News
New Orleans, Louisiana – It was 3am on New Year’s Day, and Tyler Burt, a pedicab driver working in New Orleans’s historic French Quarter, decided…
‘The mountain is screaming at you’: L.A. fires become a collective trauma
More than 1,100 homes, businesses and other buildings have been lost in the L.A. fires, and many more thousands of people have been displaced. It…
Women’s prisons are rife with trauma. Can California set a new course at Chowchilla?
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Gazing across the crowd of women, fresh from county jail in their orange prison jumpsuits, Lena Coleman wishes she could save them all.…
‘Death was everywhere’: Syria’s chemical weapon victims share their trauma | Syria’s War News
Eastern Ghouta, Syria – Amina Habya was still awake when she heard screaming outside her window in Zamalka, Ghouta, on the night of August 21,…
Suspicion, resentment, trauma, destruction – Beirut on the edge | Israel attacks Lebanon News
Beirut, Lebanon – “No phones!” barks a burly man as he sails past us on his scooter. I’m out in the city working with Al…
‘I wish I was listened to’: NSW to respond to landmark birth trauma inquiry | Women News
Sydney, Australia – Sam Hall, an Aboriginal woman from Ormiston in southeast Queensland, was 40 weeks pregnant when she felt her baby’s movements slow. She…
Palestinian girl describes losing her hair over war trauma | Newsfeed
NewsFeed8-year-old Sama Tabil has lost her hair due to stress and trauma caused by Israel’s war on Gaza. She says she wants to travel to…
Jamie-Lynn Sigler celebrates son’s release from hospital
Jamie-Lynn Sigler is celebrating her 10-year-old son’s discharge from the hospital after receiving a “nightmare” diagnosis and going through weeks of “trauma” earlier this summer.…
In Moon Unit Zappa’s memoir, fame and family trauma collide
Book Review Earth to Moon By Moon Unit ZappaDey Street Books: 368 pages, $29.99If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn…
22 Kids and Counting star overcomes 'life-changing' trauma in bid to move to Australia
22 Kids and Counting's Daniel Radford was left terrified of driving after a near-fatal car crash, but in an upcoming episode, he must face his…
‘Introvert pretending to be an extrovert’ Nathaniel Rateliff on childhood trauma, industry setbacks and alcohol problems
NATHANIEL RATELIFF takes a long, hard look at himself – and can’t help but see the funny side.The bearded, Stetson-wearing American breaks into a big…
Horror, grief, trauma in Ethiopia’s Gofa a week after deadly landslides | Environment News
Gofa Zone, Ethiopia – For days, retired teacher Meaza Tadelu has been holding on to hope that his missing wife may still be alive. Barefoot…
From Captivity To Love: Susan’s Ongoing Struggle With Trauma And Loss
Two years after she and five other young women miraculously staged a daring escape from Boko Haram’s captivity, Susan still cannot get over the trauma…
The 1999 novel that predicted our (traumatic, relentlessly bleak) future
South African author J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning ‘Disgrace’ stacks crisis atop crisis — and depicts its characters learning to live with it anyway. Sound familiar?…
Childhood trauma damages society – why aren’t our leaders recognising it? | Child Rights
Twenty-five years ago a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that, in the United States, traumatic life experiences during…
Ukrainian soldiers find healing playing on amputee soccer team
Valentyn Romaniuk enlisted in the Ukrainian army the day after the Russian invasion in February 2022. Sixteen months later he was fighting with the 3rd…