Losing a Previous Role: Psychological Trauma, Identity Loss, and Health Outcomes

Losing a Previous Role: Psychological Trauma, Identity Loss, and Health Outcomes

1. The Neurobiology of Role Transition Losing a previous role—whether through sudden unemployment, retirement, the empty nest transition, or physical disability—represents a profound psychosocial trauma that directly impacts systemic human physiology. The sudden stripping of an individual’s primary identity triggers a complex neurobiological cascade. The brain, relying heavily on environmental predictability and social integration to … Read more