DAVIE — Trauma can shatter your sense of security, leaving you feeling helpless and vulnerable in a dangerous world.
Or in the Miami Dolphins’ case the past two decades, it’s a dangerous division during the New England Patriots reign of terror over the AFC East.
Often, the unsettling thoughts and feelings of traumatic stress — as well as any unpleasant physical symptoms — can start to fade after life gradually returns to normal.
We’ve been so trained to expect and endure abuse from New England, it’s a challenge to digest that the Dolphins (8-5) will have the more talented team on the field in Sunday’s home finale against the team that has won six championships in 21 seasons.