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Rachel's Musings

Sharing ideas and provocations on living single while happy. Reflecting on the social psychology of stereotypes and other cultural phenomena.

Rachel's Musings

Tag Archives: trauma

Retraumatized

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Rachel
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Sometimes it takes me a while to fully comprehend what has happened to me. In this case, it took me six months. The first inkling that there was more to the story than i had uncovered so far were the …
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Posted in Transition | Tagged flashback, trauma | Leave a reply

How History Shapes Us

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rachel
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I was dismissed from jury duty. It wasn’t for the reasons i outlined before. I did not have an ethical discussion with the judge. In fact, i didn’t even talk to the judge. I asked to be dismissed because it …
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Posted in Feminism | Tagged court, healing, jury duty, jury service, rape, trauma | 1 Reply

Rape, Trauma, and the Rewiring of the Brain

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Rachel
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I was raped twenty years ago. It was date rape. I didn’t even consider it rape until someone pointed it out to me: The doctor who saw me for the STD I contracted. It made sense. I hadn’t wanted sex. …
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Posted in Feminism, Science | Tagged field notes, hippocampus, meme, rape, trauma | 22 Replies
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