Mac McClelland Talks to Ms.: PTSD, Haiti and Women Writing About Sex : Ms Magazine Blog
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Investigative reporter Mac McClelland knew there would be controversy when she published her incredibly personal narrative last week, “I’m Gonna Need You to Fight Me on This: How Violent Sex Helped Ease my PTSD.”
Karen Winnett I am sure it is very effective.Probably more so with trauma as the sanitised western therapies don't handle violent catharsis well and attempt to place a "stiff upper lip" well before the emotional exhaustion and resolution stage is reached.Its a bit embarrassing for our system...the disinhibition that extreme emotion can create.2 minutes ago ·
Jennifer Armstrong I strongly suspect that the success or failure of this kind of 'shamanistic' therapy really depends on how robust the foundation for selfhood is, in the beginning. I would not recommend it, by any means, for fragile or easily shattered people. But for those who have the ego strength to handle it and who already have a sense of what they are doing (not just wildly 'acting out'), it may be effective to some degree.A few seconds ago ·
- Karen Winnett sometimes catharsis looks more like mental breakdown..I agree.Caution and supervision or at least a "guide" form the other side of consciousness.3 minutes ago ·
Jennifer Armstrong Correct. A guide or a method is really appropriate. But, too much of a guide and too much of a method and you end up with something too Westernised, too manufactured and controlled (for safety reasons and so on). If one does not experience the danger (of one's emotions, of others and of one's existential status), that is NOT shamanism.A few seconds ago ·
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