11.   As freezing rain starts to fall and the landscape turns slick and dangerous, a traumatic event takes place that alters the lives of both young and old.

12.   At no point does Eads sink into tears, even when describing traumatic events.

13.   Barbara, who has been active in support groups for several years, explained that compulsive hair-pulling is not always set off by a traumatic event.

14.   A string of failed endeavors or a traumatic event can result in buildings being stigmatized as a business location.

15.   After a single traumatic event, the initial shock may last a minute, hours, or a day.

16.   Adults may react to traumatic events by becoming overprotective of their children and fearful.

17.   Advocates claim that if used in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event, debriefing can help prevent post-traumatic stress disorder.

18.   After a traumatic event people tend to store a series of memories and arrange them into a meaningful narrative.

19.   All of these relationships are changed, some subtly, by the undercurrent of a traumatic event October witnessed as a young girl.

20.   But Gonzalez said that such a traumatic event would be better than having the boy feel that he had been betrayed by his Miami relatives.