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Traumatic Stimulus

by Renato E. Ramos
(Manila, Philippines)

Photo Credit: Nate Buchman

What do you call an obsession of becoming something arising from a trauma suffered or witnessed, like the death of a family member? (e.g. a boy witnessed his father die of cancer, hence wanted to go and become a doctor.