Trauma fairies are the people who love to get you talking about your experiences and then gatekeep whether or not you get to be supported.
Trauma fairies are the people who love to get you talking about your experiences and then gatekeep whether or not you get to be supported.
It's hard to figure out if I'll ever find the perfect balance between hope and despair, but here's the closest I've come. new on the blog.
"At least for myself, I don’t have a grand design for the future. I don’t even know if we’ll survive much longer as a species into the anthropocene. But I know when the apocalypse comes, I want to be able to say that I took at least some steps, no matter how small, to stop the end of the world."
#trauma #ptsd #therapy #history #abolishice
https://jessk.org/blog/what-we-choose-to-emphasize-and-the-trauma-of-history
It's hard to figure out if I'll ever find the perfect balance between hope and despair, but here's the closest I've come. new on the blog.
"At least for myself, I don’t have a grand design for the future. I don’t even know if we’ll survive much longer as a species into the anthropocene. But I know when the apocalypse comes, I want to be able to say that I took at least some steps, no matter how small, to stop the end of the world."
#trauma #ptsd #therapy #history #abolishice
https://jessk.org/blog/what-we-choose-to-emphasize-and-the-trauma-of-history
This article has a few tips for how to avoid secondary or vicarious trauma when looking at evidence of extreme violence or otherwise distressing materials. It was written with OSINT researchers in mind, but right now an awful lot of people who wouldn't normally spend their time watching videos of public executions are doing just that, so here you go.
Take care of yourselves and each other, friends.
https://www.osintcurio.us/2020/06/08/vicarious-trauma-and-osint-a-practical-guide/
This article has a few tips for how to avoid secondary or vicarious trauma when looking at evidence of extreme violence or otherwise distressing materials. It was written with OSINT researchers in mind, but right now an awful lot of people who wouldn't normally spend their time watching videos of public executions are doing just that, so here you go.
Take care of yourselves and each other, friends.
https://www.osintcurio.us/2020/06/08/vicarious-trauma-and-osint-a-practical-guide/
I keep seeing Americans who want to do something about the state of our #politics, but feel like no action they can take will do enough to fix things, so it’s not worth trying.
It’s easy to feel nihilistic. So I’d like to propose an alternative - a 10% improvement approach to political change, of sorts.
It comes from my #PTSD treatment: the idea that no one approach, skill, or intervention can make the #trauma just go away instantaneously. So instead, us humans are left with 10% solutions - things that help a little bit, for some amount of time.
The key to healing is to develop an ongoing set of multiple different solutions that you rotate through based on what feels feasible on any given day / moment. Each one helps a bit. 10%, 5%, 1%. But eventually, you get to making big changes that felt impossible at the start.
The same works for political change and activism. Sure, going to any one protest, or calling your representative, or boycotting a brand, or changing one person’s mind, or donating to one fundraiser won’t fix the entire broken political regime. But it will help A LITTLE.
And if a lot of us continue to find ways to do things that help a little, it will end up doing a lot more.
A movement starts with a thousand little steps that don’t look like much on their own.
Take that little step. Then another.
I keep seeing Americans who want to do something about the state of our #politics, but feel like no action they can take will do enough to fix things, so it’s not worth trying.
It’s easy to feel nihilistic. So I’d like to propose an alternative - a 10% improvement approach to political change, of sorts.
It comes from my #PTSD treatment: the idea that no one approach, skill, or intervention can make the #trauma just go away instantaneously. So instead, us humans are left with 10% solutions - things that help a little bit, for some amount of time.
The key to healing is to develop an ongoing set of multiple different solutions that you rotate through based on what feels feasible on any given day / moment. Each one helps a bit. 10%, 5%, 1%. But eventually, you get to making big changes that felt impossible at the start.
The same works for political change and activism. Sure, going to any one protest, or calling your representative, or boycotting a brand, or changing one person’s mind, or donating to one fundraiser won’t fix the entire broken political regime. But it will help A LITTLE.
And if a lot of us continue to find ways to do things that help a little, it will end up doing a lot more.
A movement starts with a thousand little steps that don’t look like much on their own.
Take that little step. Then another.
This is fine. If I say it enough it becomes true.
This is fine.
This is fine.
This is fine.
Note before replying: I know but rest is triggering my trauma. I have a bunch of stuff that makes rest and stopping doing things hard (on top of capitalism). I am doing my best. Please do not tell me I just need to rest.
Well my no/low people, rest, self care day wasn't exactly as I'd intended today for a variety of reasons.
I did send off my application to speak at Birmingham Fetish Weekend and Consent Weekend again though.
It takes my nervous system so long to even get to a place where actual rest is achievable and I'm not there yet. But I did slow down some today. Baby steps.
The trauma is beating me around the head lately but some journaling has provided a revelation that I think some other folks might need to hear too:
You deserve for other people to do the work to make you feel safe.
Salut Masto', une requête importante et précise dans la nébuleuse des internets :
Je cherche des recommandations de psy/thérapeute à Lyon et/ou en téléconsultation pour un accompagnement sur les fractures identitaires/diasporiques (exils multiples, entre-deux blanc/caribéen). ici, on cherche quelqu'un de formé au trauma ET sensibilisé aux enjeux postcoloniaux/créoles.
Les repouets soignent déjà la santé mentale 🙂 🙃 🙏
#PsyDécolonial #ThérapiePostdécoloniale #Antilles #Lyon #Trauma
Salut Masto', une requête importante et précise dans la nébuleuse des internets :
Je cherche des recommandations de psy/thérapeute à Lyon et/ou en téléconsultation pour un accompagnement sur les fractures identitaires/diasporiques (exils multiples, entre-deux blanc/caribéen). ici, on cherche quelqu'un de formé au trauma ET sensibilisé aux enjeux postcoloniaux/créoles.
Les repouets soignent déjà la santé mentale 🙂 🙃 🙏
#PsyDécolonial #ThérapiePostdécoloniale #Antilles #Lyon #Trauma
