Notes from a Class on Trauma Hannah Soyer
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Assuming, then, that trauma has a voice.
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Assuming, then, that trauma is a wounding: the incision made down my back when I was eight years old.
Assuming, then, trauma as a result of the wound: the insistent terror I encounter in the face of “I consent,” the hazy feeling in my body during other medical procedures, my writing. 3
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