No: 36 / TRACES OF THE SOMA MINE DISASTER IN THE RORSCHACH TEST: TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION

  • TRACES OF THE SOMA MINE DISASTER IN THE RORSCHACH TEST: TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION

    Haydeh Faraji, Mahmut Yılmaz
    Summary :

    Within the scope of the study, the Rorschach Test was applied to B., one of the workers who agreed to the interview and application from who rescued alive hours after the 13 May 2014 Soma Mine Disaster, in which 301 miners lost their lives. The projections of mental trauma, which persisted even 7 years after the disaster, were obtained with the Rorschach Test and evaluated within the framework of the French school. Despite the years that have passed, it is seen that the traumatic event has not lost its pathogenic burden in B.'s life. It is understood that the series of traumatic events that occurred in B.'s childhood and adulthood were articulated and nourished each other in his Rorschach Test responses.

    Keywords : Trauma, Depression, Death Drive