Hi, Savannah. Thank you for this piece. I would like to kindly ask if you could suggest reference materials i.e. textbooks or articles, for a student who just started learning psychology.
Man, the Trauma Olympics is the stupidest sport ever. Zero stars, do not recommend. I started doing survivor and anti-sexual violence activism in 2008 after telling my own story and then became a trained, professional advocate in 2014 and have been working as a senior program manager since 2021. Along the way, it became obvious that if you started healing and making progress, you were going to take some potshots from the sidelines.
Showing signs of healing means you "must not have been harmed detrimentally" or some stupid nonsense. The critics and naysayers really don't want to see others thriving. They have to find a reason to discredit your progress.
I provide ongoing continuing education units for my peers, used to re-credential every 2 years. I train advocates for the service I support, but I open it up to anyone in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force who want to attend. At first, some of the behavioral health folks who oversee our programs were weird about it. I came into this work "the wrong way" or something stupid. Vocal survivors get put in their place often in this work. There is a nasty little Mean Girls Club in this field. After a while though, I realized I just didn't care about their opinion anymore. Then things got really interesting is a good way. :)
Hi, Savannah. Thank you for this piece. I would like to kindly ask if you could suggest reference materials i.e. textbooks or articles, for a student who just started learning psychology.
Man, the Trauma Olympics is the stupidest sport ever. Zero stars, do not recommend. I started doing survivor and anti-sexual violence activism in 2008 after telling my own story and then became a trained, professional advocate in 2014 and have been working as a senior program manager since 2021. Along the way, it became obvious that if you started healing and making progress, you were going to take some potshots from the sidelines.
Showing signs of healing means you "must not have been harmed detrimentally" or some stupid nonsense. The critics and naysayers really don't want to see others thriving. They have to find a reason to discredit your progress.
I provide ongoing continuing education units for my peers, used to re-credential every 2 years. I train advocates for the service I support, but I open it up to anyone in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force who want to attend. At first, some of the behavioral health folks who oversee our programs were weird about it. I came into this work "the wrong way" or something stupid. Vocal survivors get put in their place often in this work. There is a nasty little Mean Girls Club in this field. After a while though, I realized I just didn't care about their opinion anymore. Then things got really interesting is a good way. :)