{"id":2225,"date":"2017-08-14T19:45:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridareview.cah.ucf.edu\/article\/the-language-of-trauma\/"},"modified":"2017-08-14T19:45:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:45:30","slug":"the-language-of-trauma","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/article\/the-language-of-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Language of Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2225 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/08\/UPDATED_Language-of-Trauma_Hirsch_Page_01-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/08\/UPDATED_Language-of-Trauma_Hirsch_Page_01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2587\" aria-label=\"Title panel with background of many guns in a pattern.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2587'>\n\t\t\t\tClick image to view in slide show.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/08\/UPDATED_Language-of-Trauma_Hirsch_Page_02-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/08\/UPDATED_Language-of-Trauma_Hirsch_Page_02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-label=\"Five small panels: 1) When I used to picture armed robbery in my head, it looked like this (bank robbery cartoon). 2) But when it actually happened to me, it looked like this (floor tiles). 3) I&#039;m telling you this because looks are important. 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