Social Media and PTSD
A friend just posted a request on Facebook that I feel is worth discussing. He asked that people refrain from posting horrific pictures of abuse, war and other horrors because these images as well as words used in the discriptions can trigger serious symptoms in people who have suffered from PTSD. I agree. Why do we need to, for lack of a better word, terrorize others with such images or abusive, hateful language? To be honest, I have blocked people who constantly show such horror on social media. My belief is we reap what we sow. Therefore, let's sow seeds of love, understanding and acceptance. My dear, dear teacher/writer friend, Maryam Dilakian Passley wrote on her blog what she called the, Resistance Anthem . I would like to share it with you all: May everything I write this year be an act of rebellion. May my pen draw its ink from an ocean rising in fierce waves of collective resistance. May these wave...