Tuesday, April 3, 2012
CHARADE WATCH: MST Poster Wars
Are you convinced? There are an estimated 19,000 incidents of sexual assault
per year within the Department of Defense. There have been some 17 hearings
over the last 25 years on this issue. Once every four hours a servicemember
is reporting their rape or assault.
LRHP Countdown: Day 104 Thoughts On The Road
A work out didn't happen today. Recovery from the six-mile walk is underway on a cellular level. Trust me .... it hoits! :) It's a pain I welcome, because the ultimate consequence of this ride far outweighs my temporary discomfort. I'll be more fit, leaner, more energetic. Hopefully, a sense of core centeredness will result. Trekking down the highway between my house in Speigletown and Frear Park is made easier by the heart pumping, distracting tunes shouting out of my MP3 player. However, I almost fell like a pile of pick-up sticks when a car zoomed by me, after I'd already gotten into my groove. The hypervigilence is ever present, and the idea of riding a bike down strange highways to strange destinations with nothing but me, the wind and the sun is bewildering to say the least. These days, if I leave the house twice a week, it's a lot. It's easy to sink into a chair and marry a laptop when the world through my traumatized eyes can sometimes seem, and feel, so treacherous. But, it's something I must face, if I'm going to live life to the fullest, and get back to my precious sons. I'll accept nothing less from myself.
Security Clearances Out the Window For Many MST Survivors
Christian Science Monitor discusses Question 21
To think of all the harassment that goes on surrounding the stigma attached to a rape, reporting, investigation etc. The harassment can go on for YEARS. For some, the only escape or reprieve from the chaos, is the inside of the inpatient psychiatric unit. While there, all sorts of people get to collaborate on what DIAGNOSIS is presenting in the "troop" who is going "bonkers." For many, if not most, there is no escaping the retaliatory sea of feedback he or she is swimming in post rape or assault. All of it is off the record, of course, but no less revictimizing. The issue of Question 21, and the lackluster response advocates are getting from the Department of Defense, is another reason to institute the STOP Act NOW!
To think of all the harassment that goes on surrounding the stigma attached to a rape, reporting, investigation etc. The harassment can go on for YEARS. For some, the only escape or reprieve from the chaos, is the inside of the inpatient psychiatric unit. While there, all sorts of people get to collaborate on what DIAGNOSIS is presenting in the "troop" who is going "bonkers." For many, if not most, there is no escaping the retaliatory sea of feedback he or she is swimming in post rape or assault. All of it is off the record, of course, but no less revictimizing. The issue of Question 21, and the lackluster response advocates are getting from the Department of Defense, is another reason to institute the STOP Act NOW!
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