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Posted on March 17, 2022March 17, 2022

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

Posted on September 23, 2021September 24, 2021

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

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 15, 2021July 19, 2021

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

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 May 13, 2021

Regeneration, Part 2: Non-traums

An exploration of the first third of Pat Barker’s anti-war classic, Regeneration, which discusses the relationship between traumatized and non-traumatized people and the “just-world fallacy.” Continue reading Regeneration, Part 2: Non-traums

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

The Space between Books: Kurt Vonnegut, Meet Micaiah Johnson

Comparing two different PTSD worlds: the time traveling horror show of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and the multiversal healing of Micaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds. Continue reading The Space between Books: Kurt Vonnegut, Meet Micaiah Johnson

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