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> Realistically, your argument isn't to lessen trauma, but to simply normalize it. Which is exactly what American culture already does No, actually, my argumen
by bheadmaster 4y ago
> Realistically, your argument isn't to lessen trauma, but to simply normalize it. Which is exactly what American culture already does
No, actually, my argument is that killing or injuring a person in self-defense is less traumatic than being helpless while getting assaulted.
Besides, trauma is relative - "normalizing" trauma is another way of saying "being desensitised" - which is exactly the process therapy itself employs to help people relieve the effects of it.
- AlecSchueler 4y agoThere's also different levels of trauma involved in the kind of assault you're likelyt to come up against. Being held up at gunpoint is something I can't imagine happening in my life.
- bheadmaster 4y agoOddly, I've once had a dream that I was being held at gunpoint. A person unknown to me was holding a submachine gun, and I could literally feel the muscles tensing in my stomach, where the gun was pointed at, anticipating the pain of a bullet. It was one of the most uncomfortable and frightening things I've felt in my life, so much that I still remember the dream quite vividly. I assume being held at gunpoint in real life would be even more frightening.