Posted by garnet71 on April 17, 2009, at 21:56:36
In reply to Re: Brain healing itself?, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on April 17, 2009, at 21:18:28
Thanks for the article, though it was triggering.
I have always used the term 'soul rape' to describe PTSD attributes. I've never seen it described like that--mental death. Actually, I've never before read such an accurate description of this concept until now, though I've read some news articles about what refugees have to go through. Though you don't have to be a refugee or political torture victim to experience the same psychological torture and subsequent change in pscyhe.
It's so sad. I think with political refugees in particular, the lack of identity is in part attributed to being singled out, stigmatized, and dehumanized from both the country you've fled to and the country you've fled from--which adds to the complications.
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