Category Archives: Activism
An Open Letter to ChristianaCare Patient and Family Relations
To Denise, Charlie, Kellie, Manasi, and Jennifer of ChristianaCare Patient and Family Relations: Since ChristianaCare banned me from contacting any of its employees because I won’t stop talking about the gynecologist who performed medicalized Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on me, … Continue reading
The Neurobiology of Resistance: Standing Against Abusive Power
I didn’t become a fighter by choice. My environment demanded it. There was no room to ally with my abusive father. He didn’t allow it. I couldn’t stop him from hurting me for being a girl, for not being the … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, authoritarinanism, compliance, connection, danger, fight, resistance, safety
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He Didn’t Get Me, But I Got His Blanket
People often talk about trusting your gut, but they rarely talk about how good it can feel when you’re right–and safe–because you did trust it. Especially when you’re dealing with an abusive person. Especially when they don’t realize just how … Continue reading
Successful Negative Reviews of Healthcare Practitioners
The medical and mental illness industries attract abusers because the culture gives them easy access to multiple victims and protects them from accountability. Survivors are so taxed by trying to survive and figure their way out of hell that they … Continue reading
Building Our Sense of Agency
Trauma, particularly chronic or developmental trauma, often affects our sense of agency. This is especially true when the people, structures, and systems that are supposed to protect us and create justice refuse to hold abusers accountable. Our sense of agency … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Mental Health
Tagged agency, autonomy, Community, felt sense, Interoception, interpersonal neurobiology, IPNB, Mental Health, well-being
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“The Intersection of Public Safety and Mental Health,” a Public Safety Meeting Presentation
Last night, for the first time in many years, I spoke in public. This was at a local public safety meeting coordinated by my State Representative, Larry Lambert, a fine human being. Also present were representatives of our local first … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, PTSD
Tagged Community, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Education, Medicine, Mental Health, Mental Hospital, Psychology, PTSD, Public Safety, TraumaAwareness
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