yes, I read yours as well.
this is such a common human situation. Think about others lives and what is their normal, or new normal, perhaps living with a severe chronic condition. They do look back often on what life was like before, and it is normal to feel hopeless, or even doubtful that your life will ever be like that, or perhaps!! …
this is such a common human situation. Think about others lives and what is their normal, or new normal, perhaps living with a severe chronic condition. They do look back often on what life was like before, and it is normal to feel hopeless, or even doubtful that your life will ever be like that, or perhaps!! many do not even remember their "old life"
This situation for each individual could be something like soft terrorism. It is wearing on the heart.
I think “soft terrorism” is a good description of what’s occurring. They are following Biderman’s Chart of Coercion (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-tyrant) to a T, but the torture is entirely psychological, thus making it impossible to point to direct forms of assault. If the torture were physical in nature, people wouldn’t be able to deny it, but the psychological scars take longer to become evident.
yes, I read yours as well.
this is such a common human situation. Think about others lives and what is their normal, or new normal, perhaps living with a severe chronic condition. They do look back often on what life was like before, and it is normal to feel hopeless, or even doubtful that your life will ever be like that, or perhaps!! many do not even remember their "old life"
This situation for each individual could be something like soft terrorism. It is wearing on the heart.
I think “soft terrorism” is a good description of what’s occurring. They are following Biderman’s Chart of Coercion (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-tyrant) to a T, but the torture is entirely psychological, thus making it impossible to point to direct forms of assault. If the torture were physical in nature, people wouldn’t be able to deny it, but the psychological scars take longer to become evident.