To tame this feral man: Dissociation as an antidote for terror

Judith L. Alpert

doi:10.1177/1534765611421966

To tame this feral man: Dissociation as an antidote for terror

Judith L. Alpert

Applied Psychology

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Abstract

The author presents a dream in which she was asked to de-escalate violence by means of working with Osama bin laden and President George Bush. In the process of discussing this dream she considers the repetition of retaliatory cycles, splitting, conflicting views, and the role on fantasy in dealing with trauma. Next there is a discussion about the author's situation during the 9/11 atrocity, with a focus on the experience of teaching trauma to her graduate-level trauma class at New York University. Questions are raised about the long-term effects of the atrocity as well as the transmission of this trauma.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	20-24
Number of pages	5
Journal	Traumatology
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1534765611421966
State	Published - Sep 2011

Keywords

9/11
Osama bin Laden
dissociation and fantasy
retaliatory cycles
trauma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Nursing
Emergency Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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