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Helplessness is an invariable element in the experience of trauma, A person not only feels unable to help themselves, but also isolated from outside help. No one comes close. The things they have faced are unspeakably bad and the absence of speech produces barriers that prevent others from even being told of the awfulness of what has taken place. Without being able to convey their experience of harm, they are alone