Mimsy’s Reviews > Journey Through Trauma: A Trail Guide to the 5-Phase Cycle of Healing Repeated Trauma > Status Update

"And like Helen, slowly, I paired feelings with words."

This is GROSS. You do NOT understand the way that language deprivation affects Deaf - and especially DeafBlind - people. This is not the same. You should know better.

I'm also a little uncomfortable with using Hellen Keller as a touchstone for people to describe their trauma healing by comparing it to Keller understanding the concept of water being paired with a sign or word. Deaf people aren't tools to reduce down into inspirational statements.

I need books focused on mental health to NOT use racial slurs multiple times in rapid succession. Inuit people can experience trauma too and deserve to be able to access resources without slurs in them. "Kayak roll" would have done just fine.

Today's chunk done. I wouldn't consider this a revolutionary text on trauma work but if someone hasn't read books on ptsd/cptsd before, it's a fine foundational text. It's not heavy, is written simply, and is easily digestible.

Going to be reading this in small chunks over the next week or two.