The lessons I learned studying writing taught me far more than how to put words on paper
, a book about how our bodies change with repetitive trauma. The book gave me the language to explain how stress affects our minds and bodies. It highlighted a vacuum in the traditional medical model and inspired me to turn to fields of study outside of medicine.
Mary’s parents’ injuries imprinted themselves on her. She was further assaulted in adulthood by prejudiced and racist behaviours. When I’d seen her before, I’d underestimated the downstream consequences of racism, abuse, intolerance and hate. I hadn’t recognized my ignorance. CPTSD explained my own chronic inflammatory sinusitis and the reasons for many of my patients’ chronic inflammatory conditions. It explained my parents and my nature, my anxiety, depression, obsessive nature, my ADHD, and personality ‘quirks,’ my shifting moods and rocky self-image, from grandiosity to feelings of worthlessness. I now understood why I am the way I am and how I could change.
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