Forced displacement

About the loss of home and how to create a new home in a foreign place when you are traumatized

Authors

  • Lis Dreijer Hammond
  • Kirstine Bruun Larsen
  • Christian Karlsen Hansen
  • Chalotte Glintborg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v46i2.165713

Keywords:

traumatised refugees, identity, adjustment, recovery, biopsychosocial rehabilitation

Abstract

Your homestead is an integral part of one's development and identity. Identity development is a lifelong process based on certain phases which you experience. Certain life phases of a refugee are based in traumatic experiences and a loss of home. The loss of a geographic and a bodily place results in one having to learn to live in a new place. What challenges will arise, how do you adapt, and how do you reconstruct your identity?

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Hammond, L. D., Larsen, K. B., Karlsen Hansen, C., & Glintborg, C. (2025). Forced displacement: About the loss of home and how to create a new home in a foreign place when you are traumatized. Psyke & Logos, 46(2), 90–111. https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v46i2.165713

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