"The lengths that I will go to. The distance in your eyes."

[greygirlbeast]

Here in Rhode Island, we're having a marvelous April.

So, I have long been an admirer of the awesomeness of coilhouse, but, of late, they've been dropping these "(trigger warning!)" PSAs into lots of their posts. What the fuck, guys? To start with, this is fucking Coilhouse, home of the weird, brash, and bold. And secondly, when the hell did sudden,

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[opalblack]

In some cases, like that brutal McDonald's bashing video for example, I do appreciate the warning so I can make an informed decision about what I am exposing my occassionally delicate brainmeats to. Retraumatising isn't the same as catharsis; catharsis carries the seed of recovery while retraumatising only makes things worse.
It's important to avoid retraumatising as much as possible when living with PTSD, and I think the trigger warning concept was originally intended to help with that. However, to a great extent I agree, there is altogether too much walking on eggshells and scab picking goes on in internet land. When people with PTSD are saying butch the fuck up, someone is being too damned sensitive and fwagile.

I intuited but for some reason wasn't certain that you are living with PTSD. If I might be so bold, may I suggest a book called Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trama and How They Heal by Belleruth Naparstek (spelling from memory and probably got the surname wrong there, but you'll find it). Wanky title almost put me off it

[opalblack]

Lo! A copy surfaced in the cleaning, and it is indeed spelled Belleruth Naparstek.