‘What do you do when you don’t have words, you’re owned by your own destructiveness and maladaptivity, and you feel totally helpless? This screed tells of the take of describing major depression and Complex PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) in an environment where mental heath supports are entirely lacking, and the social order that wrought the disorder in the first place is the one that welcomes you as you try to recover. In a world that only ever seems to become ever-more violent and horrific, I & I Survive points to experiences of trauma that seem, likewise, to only ever be becoming ever-more universal. The silence around the social experience of PTSD is testament to the violence of the society that produces it in the first place, if not the taboos that same society places around talking about the consequences of its inherent imbalance.While wildfires in Malibu might put ecological causes of trauma on the social agenda when as affluent people who matter are affected, I & I Survive looks to shatter silence around Complex PTSD, and to smash the taboos and stigma imposed by a deeply ableist west against knowing about the consequences of its structural violence, for the rest of us.’
Download here: https://www.academia.edu/128469001/I_and_I_Survive_A_Gonzo_Odyssey_Through_the_Long_Night_of_Complex_PTSD
Kindle epub: https://www.amazon.com.au/Survive-Gonzo-Odyssey-Through-Complex-ebook/dp/B0F2YR3YRP/
