Thank you for this article, and a bigger thanks also to Simone for not feigning an injury or using some other excuse to hide her anxiety. In this COVID era my "twisties" have often frozen me in my tracks.....it is often hard to carry on.
And I bet most of them are outraged, OUTRAGED by any hint of critique-- why, they're anointed to ladle out scrutiny and judgment, being themselves as gods!
Sharon, we’ve been pushing the IAFF & First Responders community to change what we call it from “Disorder” to “Injury” to more accurately reflect the human response to inhuman trauma. And s you’re right: these armchair warriors who exercise their bravery in “Call Of Duty” most likely wouldn’t have shown the courage of Ms. Biles or those Capitol & DC Police when facing their challenges.
I've been teaching in higher ed since 1995 and I still worry about getting the twisties at the start of every new class. Republicans have the twisties about democracy. (That's not a non sequitur, as you point out, most of the criticism of Biles and others is coming from the right. Of course. Sigh.)
Thank you for this article, and a bigger thanks also to Simone for not feigning an injury or using some other excuse to hide her anxiety. In this COVID era my "twisties" have often frozen me in my tracks.....it is often hard to carry on.
I bet the critics don't believe in PTSD, either, when most of them have never served in the military and never been in combat.
And I bet most of them are outraged, OUTRAGED by any hint of critique-- why, they're anointed to ladle out scrutiny and judgment, being themselves as gods!
Sharon, we’ve been pushing the IAFF & First Responders community to change what we call it from “Disorder” to “Injury” to more accurately reflect the human response to inhuman trauma. And s you’re right: these armchair warriors who exercise their bravery in “Call Of Duty” most likely wouldn’t have shown the courage of Ms. Biles or those Capitol & DC Police when facing their challenges.
Those that are brave enough to speak of their fears and struggles are the ones who should lead us.
Double amen.
I've been teaching in higher ed since 1995 and I still worry about getting the twisties at the start of every new class. Republicans have the twisties about democracy. (That's not a non sequitur, as you point out, most of the criticism of Biles and others is coming from the right. Of course. Sigh.)
Same here. And then when I don't get the twisties, I sweat through my shirt as I lecture.