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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Twelve Steps

What if
we could have empathy and compassion for our fellow humans who have been traumatized
and
not enable them to define themselves as victims?

What if
we were to realize our best instincts, minus critical thinking, may fail to truly help?

What if
there are unfortunate people who have been traumatized by tragic events at a moment in time, who need to heal?

What if
what feels like helping, unintentionally encourages the traumatized to see themselves as victims for life?

What if
“survivor” language was part of the problem?

What if
calling people “wounded warriors” was was a catchy phrase that caused helpful people to feel good about themselves- but was a manifestly bad idea for the veterans?

What if
there were programs where traumatized people met and were encouraged to see themselves as powerless over their trauma?

What if
these programs encouraged them to group together and endlessly repeat stories about their issues with others who share the same issues and to introduce themselves to the others as perpetual victims (Hi, I’m John. I’m a drug addict, alcoholic, etc.).

What if
those programs strongly suggested that people should continue to attend those meeting for life?

What if
our good intentions are creating an exalted victimhood status in a giant game of Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy.


What if
there are unfortunate people who have been traumatized by tragic events at a moment in time, who need to heal?

What if
what feels like helping, unintentionally encourages the traumatized to see themselves as victims for life?

What if
“survivor” language was part of the problem?

What if
calling people “wounded warriors” was was a catchy phrase that caused helpful people to feel good about themselves- but was a manifestly bad idea for the veterans?

What if
there were programs where traumatized people met and were encouraged to see themselves as powerless over their trauma?

What if
these programs encouraged them to group together and endlessly repeat stories about their issues with others who share the same issues and to introduce themselves to the others as perpetual victims (Hi, I’m John. I’m a drug addict, alcoholic, etc.).

What if
those programs strongly suggested that people should continue to attend those meeting for life?

What if
our good intentions are creating an exalted victimhood status in a giant game of Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy.