ptsd | ptsd
Nov.11.2012
For Veterans Day, some thoughts on courage, a short video, words and art by Mara Buck.
http://redroom.com/member/mara-buck/media/videos/some-thoughts-on-courage-by-mara-buck
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Oct.16.2012
What we take away from a book is a function of who we are, the sum of our life experiences--our world view. After two readings thirty years apart and a great deal of study and analysis, these are my insights into the book.
The teenage years are when we reject our parents and look for answers...
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Sep.09.2012
My two latest blog entries at Psychology Today - an homage to the unseen 'survivors' of 9/11 during a presidential election year, when this will become fodder for both parties. Read about some of the concurrent and lasting realities.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/notes-the-frontline/201209/...
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Aug.16.2012
Here are a couple of memorable passages:
“This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will simply try to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped...
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Aug.02.2012
The Catcher in the Rye and Ordinary People are about the same topic: a sixteen-year-old boy in crisis from witnessing the death of their brothers. Two very different books but similar in many ways. Why does one sell millions more? Why did OP get made into an award winning feature film...
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Jul.18.2012
I use fictional stories in general, and superhero characters and stories in particular, to illustrate what psychological research about human nature has revealed. I know, and you know, that superheroes aren't real. But good superheroes stories, like any good fiction, invite us to enter a...
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Jul.16.2012
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/07/15/156779114/the-id-the-ego-and-the-superhero-what-makes-batman-tick#
Bruce and Holden both suffer obvious symptoms of PTST. Forgetting for the moment that both are fictional characters, what should be glaringly obvious to a mental health...
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Jun.27.2012
As an undergraduate in the '60s I could barely get through CATCHER. I didn't care about some crude spoiled preppy kid who couldn't get his act together. In a word, I was clueless.
I reread the book last fall and discovered something profound, that Holden was suffering from PTSD stemming from the...
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May.11.2012
May 11, 2012
Survivors of childhood sexual abuse often feel tremendous resistance to stepping onto the path of active healing. The dragons of our experience feel too large and overwhelming even when we are told we will find incredible, empowering, joy-filled, peaceful days on the other side of...
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Apr.05.2012
My new story about sex abuse survivor & Viet Name vet: Laura Finally Talks About It
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