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Posted on August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

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*

Posted on July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

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.

Posted on July 22, 2021July 23, 2021

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

Posted on July 8, 2021July 7, 2021

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*

Posted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021

Regeneration, Pt 4: Explosive and Erosive Trauma

On the Fourth of July, we explore “explosive” and “erosive” trauma through the writing of Maggie O’Farrell and Bat Barker. Continue reading Regeneration, Pt 4: Explosive and Erosive Trauma

Posted on June 4, 2021

Regeneration, Part 3: The Male Mothers of Trauma

A discussion of masculinity, PTSD, and care in Pat Barker’s wonderful novel, Regeneration. Continue reading Regeneration, Part 3: The Male Mothers of Trauma

Posted on May 6, 2021May 5, 2021

PTSD Bookclub: Introducing *Regeneration*

An introduction to Regeneration, a novel that follows soldiers, doctors, and their friends and family through shared experiences at Craiglockhart, a military psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh that treated officers for shell-shock and neurasthenia during World War I. Continue reading PTSD Bookclub: Introducing *Regeneration*

Posted on April 29, 2021April 29, 2021

Slaughterhouse-Five, Part 3: The Blind Innkeeper

In our final discussion of Slaughterhouse-Five, the #PTSDBookclub explores the difference between care and caregiving. Continue reading Slaughterhouse-Five, Part 3: The Blind Innkeeper

Posted on April 8, 2021April 7, 2021

Slaughterhouse-Five, Part 1: Trauma Time*

In PTSD as in Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, you enter “trauma time.” It turns out time travel is more stressful than you might think. Continue reading Slaughterhouse-Five, Part 1: Trauma Time*

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