Sep. 7th, 2017
Giraffe Call
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aldersprig is holding a Giraffe Call -- actually more of a zebra call, as the goal is financing the renovation of a black-white-gray bathroom. Leave prompts, get ficlets. Send money, support a writer, because everyone deserves to live in a nice place.
Emotional Trauma Care in Houston
Sep. 7th, 2017 01:01 pmThis is the first example I've seen locally of emotional trauma care, rather than just emotional first aid. There's a Psychotrauma Unit out of Israel coming to help Houston in the wake of hurricane flooding. It's a volunteer service, but working at professional level: "The unit’s 200 or so members include medics, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers who are trained by some of Israel’s leading experts on the psychology of crises."
That's a useful distinction between emotional first aid, which most people can learn; and emotional trauma care, which requires more advanced training. The idea is to provide support that reduces the risk of permanent injury, teach coping skills to help people through a crisis, and let them know what symptoms mean trouble and it would be advisable to seek further help. I suspect that a good listener and some practical resources will knock down the rate of PTSD just because the keystone risk factor is feeling helpless; if you can stop that, it's like cooling a burn, it slows or halts the damage rate.
Tikkun olam, Israel, today you're doing it right.
That's a useful distinction between emotional first aid, which most people can learn; and emotional trauma care, which requires more advanced training. The idea is to provide support that reduces the risk of permanent injury, teach coping skills to help people through a crisis, and let them know what symptoms mean trouble and it would be advisable to seek further help. I suspect that a good listener and some practical resources will knock down the rate of PTSD just because the keystone risk factor is feeling helpless; if you can stop that, it's like cooling a burn, it slows or halts the damage rate.
Tikkun olam, Israel, today you're doing it right.
A huge thumbs up to the upcoming video game South Park: Fractured But Whole for turning a joke into a literal video game. The easiest level has the lightest skin tone. As you select harder levels, your character's skin tone gets darker. :D
Yes, there are video games like this in T-America. Black people tend to love the honesty. A lot of white people whine that it's inaccurate. But it's not. You can get them with gender shifts, or class, or other things; and a few even have interstitial options.
Yes, there are video games like this in T-America. Black people tend to love the honesty. A lot of white people whine that it's inaccurate. But it's not. You can get them with gender shifts, or class, or other things; and a few even have interstitial options.
