I agree it is more of a moral injury: Moral injury refers to an injury to an individual's moral conscience resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression which produces profound emotional shame. The concept of moral injury emphasizes the psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of trauma. I stumbled across this video from Dr. Z who does a video podcast that …
Continue reading Stop calling it burn out…
Conversion Therapy or Sexual Reorientation Therapy is the topic of many states across America. Not because of a resurgence in use, but because many states are banning the practice from being used on minors. Since more states are following suit and many LGBTQ advocacy groups lobby to have their state pass similar measures to protect …
Continue reading Ode to the Persecuted…Well, at Least They Think They Are…
I wouldn’t recommend it. Honestly, I don’t think anyone would. Everyone knows what PTSD is. It inundates the news, and honestly, not only does it get a little heavy on how overused it is, but how many people claim to have PTSD. It does not say that PTSD in a person does not exist, …
When I wrote a piece earlier this week, Igor cautioned me not to write angry. When I wrote the piece yesterday about bullying, I tried to write it with cold, clinical calculation to make a point. Then I started to think about it and realized I never spoke to the damage in a personal sense …
