Collective trauma is real and could hamper Australia’s bushfire recovery.
Most of us are probably familiar with the concept of psychological trauma, the impact on an individual’s psyche caused by an extremely distressing event.
But there’s another kind of trauma. A collective disturbance that occurs within a group of people when their world is suddenly upended.
Collective trauma is a term that’s gained prominence in communities and the media in the wake of the unprecedented Australian bushfire crisis.
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