• Aisha Ali

This paper seeks to study the effects of trauma and the healing effects of connection with other human beings in order to lead a wholesome, healthy life. Trauma has a way of disorienting the individual from his circumstances, especially the event of trauma, and his family and friends. It creates a distance between the individual and the life that he once lived as the previous beliefs and trust are shattered and relationships are lost. This study looks at how the characters in the novel The Wasted Vigil are all going through some form of trauma: some are victims of childhood neglect and abuse, some have lost their close relatives to violence, and some are victims of barbarity of the local warlords. The cause of suffering differs yet the common healing they all are in need of is creating and developing relationships with other sufferers so as to be healed by their humanness and vulnerability. As such, there are many methods to relieve oneself from the pain but the author suggests that in times of crisis and lack of proper support of immediate family, one can construct new trustworthy connections and release the bottled-up emotions. The paper includes references from interpersonal psychology and contemporary researches in this area. These findings help to understand that the formation and maintenance of healthy relations is crucial for physical and mental growth of people.

Trauma, Healing, Relationships, Interpersonal Psychology, Abuse, Connection

"CONNECTION AS A WAY TO COMBAT TRAUMA IN NADEEM ASLAM’S THE WASTED VIGIL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.568-571, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K86.pdf

"CONNECTION AS A WAY TO COMBAT TRAUMA IN NADEEM ASLAM’S THE WASTED VIGIL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp568-571, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K86.pdf