The experiences of the war led to a collective trauma shared by many from all participating countries.

The processing of collective trauma soon became an important theme in Murakami's writing, which had previously been more personal in nature.

"they are a reminder that as human beings we can take years and even decades to process our collective trauma"

A collective trauma is a traumatic psychological effect shared by a group of people of any size, up to and including an entire society.

The result is a collective trauma that will pass through generations.

History has shown time and again that human stupidity can lead to collective traumas capable of being continued for generations.

The experiences of past and present generations have left deep wounds in the great Timorese family, causing collective trauma.

But "The Leftovers" is about collective trauma on grand scale-a huge, incomprehensible event that creates a crisis of meaning for everyone in the book.

In the months after the crash, Huntington endured a collective trauma.

The justices who lived through the long year of Chief Justice Rehnquist's battle with thyroid cancer are survivors of a collective trauma.