Against Against Trauma
We discuss Will Self’s frustrating essay, “A Posthumous Shock,” the tyranny of synecdoche, and the reactivity pyramid. Continue reading Against Against Trauma
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The Evil Hours, Pt 1: “the sheer weight of unprocessed dread”
In this week’s PTSDBookclub, we discuss the first two chapters of David J. Morris’ *The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” (2015), and discuss the pandemic, repression, and PTSD as social wound. Continue reading The Evil Hours, Pt 1: “the sheer weight of unprocessed dread”
PTSD Bookclub: Introducing *The Evil Hours*
In November and December of 2021, #PTSDBookclub is reading David Morris’ fascinating, heartbreaking, courageous book *The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.* Continue reading PTSD Bookclub: Introducing *The Evil Hours*
Heart Berries, Pt 2: Loyalty to Monsters
This week, we discuss the second half of Terese Marie Mailhot’s Heart Berries, monstrousness, trauma, and loyalty. Continue reading Heart Berries, Pt 2: Loyalty to Monsters
Heart Berries, Pt 1: PTSD Mouth
This week, we discuss Terese Marie Mailhot’s searing memoir, Heart Berries, and talk about the “just self fallacy,” “truths that never hurt,” and PTSD mouth. Continue reading Heart Berries, Pt 1: PTSD Mouth
PTSD Bookclub: Introducing *Heart Berries*
I couldn’t distinguish the symptoms from my heart. It was polarizing to be told there was a diagnosis for the behaviors I felt justified in having. And then, I knew some part of my disease was spiritual or inherited. Heart Berries, p 70 It’s August and Terese Marie Mailhot has got me thinking about generational … Continue reading PTSD Bookclub: Introducing *Heart Berries*
Irritable Hearts, Pt 3: Find the Thing You Won’t Give Up.
This final week of August, #PTSDBookclub discusses the final third of Mac McClelland’s Irritable Hearts, the power of work, and PTSD as a chronic and regularly fatal disease. Continue reading Irritable Hearts, Pt 3: Find the Thing You Won’t Give Up.
Irritable Hearts, Pt. 2: The Perplexing Language of PTSD
This week in #PTSDBookclub, we discuss the 2nd third of Mac McClelland’s Irritable Hearts, the atrocity hierarchy, and clarify the perplexing language of PTSD. Continue reading Irritable Hearts, Pt. 2: The Perplexing Language of PTSD
Irritable Hearts, Pt 1: Earning the Diagnosis
This week, we discuss the first third of Mac McClelland’s brave and moving memoir, Irritable Hearts. We discuss “earning the diagnosis” pf PTSD, the atrocity hierarchy, and Judith Herman. Continue reading Irritable Hearts, Pt 1: Earning the Diagnosis
PTSD Bookclub: Introducing *Irritable Hearts*
This week, we begin discussions of Mac McClelland’s memoir, *Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story.* Continue reading PTSD Bookclub: Introducing *Irritable Hearts*
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