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Hey, all. Thanks for encouraging me through this sprained ankle episode this week. I've stayed in wearing an ankle brace since Tuesday so I could keep a guest speaker engagement tomorrow. To pass the time I turned to Netflix and stumbled upon insights into PTSD there.
I try to keep up on the PTSD literature mentioned by friends here, like Trauma & Recovery and The Body Keeps The Score, etc. Has anybody ever watched any episodes of Marvel's Jessica Jones tv series, though? I hadn't, and though it's comic book fiction, I'm getting some support out of it for my PTSD recovery. I'm in the first season still, and I'm seeing lots of scenes in every episode re hypervigilance that I can relate to.
Yeah, I know, it's probably a sign of how bored I've been while shut in due to my injury, but it's put the time to a little use. Has anybody in here seen it and found it helpful at all?
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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Years ago, I won a mirrored armoire from my job. It's in my bedroom but I rarely stand in front of it. Yesterday, I had to have a dexascan done so I had to change into a gown. There was a full length mirror in the changing room. I'm aware that I gained 5 to 7 pounds over the last year from cheating on Keto but I didn't know what it looked like. It was a reality check.
Luke has unbreakable skin. the blind attorney has extra sensitive other senses.
they all have extreme PTSD. they're all super heroes, of sorts, or they will be. i don't think that's giving too much away as they came from old comic book stories.
there was a lot of intense violence, but i've seen a lot of that. it isn't comfortable or normal for me, but allowing myself to be there and watch the shows is good exposure therapy for me now.
it does seem like the traumatised people are bad at first, but then you realise how traumatised they are and how bad the 'real bad' people are. it's a good education in what trauma can do to a person in some ways.
(((hugs)))
And then we get to the discussion of the profound meanings we find in the most trivial of places under the influence of extreme boredom. . .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_(The_West_Wing)
"Due to his colleagues' growing concern over his behavior Josh spends the day with Stanley Keyworth, a psychotherapist from the American Trauma Victims Association (ATVA).
I'll keep watching Jessica Jones. If anybody has a particular episode they recommend, like The West Wing's "Noel," feel free to let me know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Ex-Girlfriend_(TV_series)
Beside the comic relief, what's of interest to me in the Crazy Ex Girlfriend show is what's of interest in the Jessica Jones show: a positive portrayal of someone with a mental health diagnosis. From Wikipedia:
"Themes
Mental illness
Arguably the most important recurring theme of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is the show's portrayal of mental illness and treatment. This aspect of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has garnered wide praise both throughout the film and television industry and within the show's own fandom.
Psychology Today has also acknowledged and praised this aspect of the show as well.
In addition to the psychological evaluation and development of Rebecca, other major characters are similarly depicted as suffering from psychological traumas that influence their personalities and relationships. Such characters include Valencia,[ Paula, Darryl, Greg, Nathaniel, Scott, and Heather.
This has also inspired the show's fandom to engage in discussions of mental illness, specifically regarding social stigmas and treatment of said illnesses."
Being laid up with this ankle sprain all week, then, has given me the time to learn that some of the stigma toward us is beginning to change, at least in pop culture. Notice, though, that in both cases the star of each stigma-busting show is female, not male. Hopefully Hollywood writers will muster up the courage next to follow the female stigma-busting lead with male stigma-busting, too, eh?
But I ramble on, probably getting off topic here. Thanks for indulging me about what I learned during from tv during my week laid up with my bum foot. Most grateful, truly. If anybody out there is a stigma-busting Crazy Ex-Girlfriend fan in addition to being a fan of stigma-busting Jessica Jones, I confess that I am now one, too. Ha!