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Traumas & Injuries

Accidents

889 Members
This community is dedicated to recovering from accidents and unexpected events which emotional and/or physical distress. Some examples of accidents that can cause long-term stress include: Aircraft Accidents, Bicycle Accidents,...

Bereavement

14207 Members
  • Bereavement refers to mourning or grief of a significant loss. While bereavement usually refers to the death of a loved one, it can also be applied to the loss of a relationship, or even a major change that involve...

Brain Injury

1465 Members
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury o...

Burns

161 Members
A burn is a type of injury to the skin caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, or radiation (an example of the latter is sunburn). In classical medical literature, there were six degrees, the first three of which are still commonl...

Heart Attack

535 Members
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a serious, sudden heart condition usually characterized by varying degrees of chest pain or discomfort, weakness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and arrhyt...

Incest Survivors

1491 Members
Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons (often within the immediate family) that is illegal or socially taboo. The type of sexual activity and the nature of the relationship between persons that consti...

Natural Disasters

136 Members
This community is dedicated to people who suffer the effects of extreme weather and earth-related conditions, including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunami and other weather phenomena that cause injury or loss of l...

Organ Transplants

351 Members
  • An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient's own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing orga...

Paralysis

132 Members
Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Major causes are stroke, trauma, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain-Barré s...

Physical & Emotional Abuse

10371 Members
  • Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. Physical abuse is abuse involv...

Pneumothorax

47 Members
  • A pneumothorax or collapsed lung is a medical emergency caused by the collapse of the lung within the chest cavity. It can result from: a penetrating chest wound, barotrauma to the lungs, spontaneously (most common...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

6315 Members
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term for certain psychological consequences of exposure to, or confrontation with, stressful experiences that the person experiences as highly traumatic. These experiences can involve act...

Rape

4870 Members
  • Rape is, in most jurisdictions, a crime defined as sexual intercourse or penetration without valid consent by both parties...

Sciatica

718 Members
  • You may be surprised to learn that sciatica is not a spinal condition, but instead a symptom of a low back problem! Many different low back problems can cause sciatica. Sciatica is a term meaning pain that or...

Sports Injuries

535 Members
Sports injuries are injuries that are caused by participation in a sporting event. In many cases, these types of injuries are due to overuse of a part of the body when participating in a certain activity. For example, runner's kne...

War & Terrorism

880 Members
  • This community is offered to anyone whose life is affected by terrorism or violence, either directly (loss of life, injury, psychological effects) or indirectly (concern, changes in daily living)...

Widows & Widowers

3116 Members
This community is dedicated to those who have lost a husband, wife or partner. Anything is open for discussion here, with the hope that we can focus on grief, bereavement, life after loss, and continuing on after a great loss.
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