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Here's the story of how my trauma put a literal hole in my abdomen.
I'm typing as I go; please forgive typos and/or wonky syntax. And try to forgive me if halfway through it I delete and/or disappear. This story, this experience are still pretty raw.
I'm typing as I go; please forgive typos and/or wonky syntax. And try to forgive me if halfway through it I delete and/or disappear. This story, this experience are still pretty raw.
Also, let me go ahead & disclaim:
I am no one. I am an authority on nothing.
I don't have a license to practice anything but driving.
Please never construe anything I ever say as medical, legal, or other advice.
I'm telling a story.
I wouldn't listen to me if I were you.
I am no one. I am an authority on nothing.
I don't have a license to practice anything but driving.
Please never construe anything I ever say as medical, legal, or other advice.
I'm telling a story.
I wouldn't listen to me if I were you.
Let's start with #ACEs.
Y'all familiar w/the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study? Published in 1998 & the basis for hundreds more pubs, which point to childhood trauma's impact across lifespan: the higher your "dose" of childhood trauma, the worse later outcomes tend to be
Y'all familiar w/the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study? Published in 1998 & the basis for hundreds more pubs, which point to childhood trauma's impact across lifespan: the higher your "dose" of childhood trauma, the worse later outcomes tend to be
Today in Salt Lake City I protested for the 70th time in 70 days.
I cried most of the 2.5 hours I stood.
It was healing.
It was cleansing.
It was so deeply—so very bone-and-soul-deep, deeply—painful.
And infuriating.
And terrifying.
Tonight, I grieved.
#StandOnEveryCorner
I cried most of the 2.5 hours I stood.
It was healing.
It was cleansing.
It was so deeply—so very bone-and-soul-deep, deeply—painful.
And infuriating.
And terrifying.
Tonight, I grieved.
#StandOnEveryCorner
Today, in list after list of people who vouch for Brett Kavanaugh's honor, I heard loudly & clearly from my own US Senator:
A woman's voice does not, cannot, will not matter.
A man in power—a man with a lot to lose—can and will swiftly silence women who dare speak truth.
A woman's voice does not, cannot, will not matter.
A man in power—a man with a lot to lose—can and will swiftly silence women who dare speak truth.
Sexual assault is, by definition, nonconsensual.
Survivorship, too, is inherently nonconsensual.
Survival means making room for all emotions, all stages—fear, shame, fury, empowerment, posttraumatic growth—to co-exist.
You survive or you don't—but you don't get to choose.
Survivorship, too, is inherently nonconsensual.
Survival means making room for all emotions, all stages—fear, shame, fury, empowerment, posttraumatic growth—to co-exist.
You survive or you don't—but you don't get to choose.
To me this video on adverse childhood experiences (#aces) by @PublicHealthW is problematic.
It implies that these exposures are deterministic at an individual level. They are not.
Associations are seen at the population level & are probabilistic.
It implies that these exposures are deterministic at an individual level. They are not.
Associations are seen at the population level & are probabilistic.
If you have experienced these exposures it does *not* mean that you will become depressed, end up in prison, or die prematurely.
The research tells us that *on average* the people in a society who have endured these things are more likely to have health problems *compared to the people who did not endure them*.
