Violence & Soul Injury: A Psychological Exploration in Tick’s Study of Basharat Peer’s Curfewed Night

Abstract

Psychological impact of war conditions are not just about physical injuries but it involves deeply moral and emotional wounds of human well-being. These wounds affect both the soldiers who participate in violence and the civilians who are caught in the dehumanization process. This violence, suffering, distrust and soul injury can impact the community as a whole. The study investigate these psychological impact of war on both sides, civilians and soldiers of the Kashmir conflict in Basharat Peer’s Curfewed Night: A Frontline Memoir of Life, Love and War in Kashmir (Peer 2008). The study employees Edward Tick’s theory of soul injury to analyze how war induces deeply emotional, moral and spiritual wounds (Tick 2005). The study contribute to understand the enduring psychological aftermath of war conditions that how personal and collective trauma of war, particularly in the context of Kashmir transcends the immediate experience of violence and extends into the collective memory and identity of the affected community. This study highlights the necessity of healing and reconciliation in post-war societies, emphasizing the role of remembrance and forgiveness in overcoming psychological and moral deep wounds in war conditions. The research provides an inclusive view of the hidden psychological impact of war conditions with calling an urgent need for therapeutic involvements and peace-building processes to reconstruct mental and emotional well-being in war-affected regions.