Discussion → What's the first word that comes to mind...
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when you think of writing about trauma?
For me, the word is SURVIVAL.
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Yes, me too.
'Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive'. Josephine Hart.
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The word JPH said if I write about it is "you will be killed."
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Word that first comes to mind: My son's name-my son w anorexia w Stevens Johnson Ten, w total blindness constant threat-constant threat of his dying of anorexia-constant threat-also cancer..constant cancer and "breakdown"--how much more possible to take?
Penny, I just found my book "Damage" (from when I lived in UK-& funny how she was celebrity of sorts there but no one knows of her in US-(how her book was put down due to her marriage etc.) & how it's funny to read a UK gossip mag because someone from US does not know who any of the people in gossip mag are-i mean: i did know after several years of living there but--it put the absurdity of gossip columns into perspective-once again when returned to U.S. & had no idea who people in gossip columns were) I read that quote-2 days ago-thank you.(i loved film at time as well-& know it is book i should be "ashamed" of reading-one of those books we sneak in & don't mention on "lists"-well, i remember loving that book but it may go way of most of my books-am ridding self of books...)
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oh, i wouldn't be ashamed of that book! x
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Resilience.
Group Description
This is a group for trauma stories. Writers often feel like no one wants to hear about it. How do you write about trauma without re-traumatizing the reader? How do you make it a gift rather than a burden? Think of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Trauma stories can be told and retold, each time from a different distance and perspective. Writing about trauma can be healing for the writer and the reader, though it has to be carefully, meticulously revised and revised and crafted so it is not just a "spill." Post as many stories as you want. This seems to be a very slow-moving group.
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Anyone can see it and join.