News Women Rebound From Trauma Best

[anthony]

Not exactly new science, and something that is certainly well documented and factual, though it's nice to see them still plugging away for more specifics.

Women are found to recover better in trauma due to genetic disposition, being more emotional, talking issues through, so forth. Basically, everything that a majority of women are genetically.

http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/0...ol-helps-women-rebound-from-trauma/81866.html

An interesting read in relation to resilience and how women are naturally ahead of the curve in this department.

 

[Chava]

Women are found to recover better in trauma due to genetic disposition, being more emotional, talking issues through, so forth. Basically, everything that a majority of women are genetically.

This makes sense, but there is also a strong socializing component to women and emotions. My mom was very shut down from her own abuse and felt extremely threatened by any range of emotion outside of detached or angry. My dad actually made it a little more okay for us to have feelings. But not by much.

Anyway, I wish I could be more like other women and connect and talk about stuff. I try but I'm super awkward. I sometimes feel like I have a man brain and other women read that. I'm not very warm or approachable and I also don't feel better through talking about my problems. Just wasn't part of my socialization or learned ways of coping. In the world of others I'm good at focusing on work.

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

Well this is kinda cool... I've been on the lookout for reasons to be happy with the fact that I am a woman..
Now I have one :happy:

 

[Justmehere]

Does one gender have a higher rate of traumatization than the other?

 

[LuckyDuck]

Really? I would have to read more on the subject. Trauma, maybe. Delusions? Not as much.

 

[Rumors]

My mom always said if men had children The human race would be extinct! I think women have a glorious way of being able to take pain of any kind and flush it from their body...

 

[Chava]

I think women have a glorious way of being able to take pain of any kind and flush it from their body...

I'm the wrong kind of woman. Damn-it.

 

[Recovery4Me]

Although I appreciate the article (thank you), I really am uncomfortable with the author's gender tribute within the article based on 'assault' recovery which did not specify if it was from the trauma of sexual or aggravated assault.

My easily challenged position is that I have often heard numerous women remark on how they were thanking God to have not been raped during the encountered aggression of aggravated assault. For those unfortunate women, I often watched them suffer through recovery with that sad minimization tactic.

Also this sentence makes me wary:
"Resilience factors like mastery and social support may attenuate the deleterious effects of an assault,” said lead author Heather L. Rusch. http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/0...ol-helps-women-rebound-from-trauma/81866.html

-for the perception of control is often couched within a culturally predefined or sociology-economic gender value.

For example if someone can not afford the transportation of a car, they can still be a target at the same bus stop while carrying their belongings. A female among males, may still be defined by the perpetrators as a more passive mark if she attires herself in a certain manner. She can exude King-Kong all she wants or hold onto her perception of control...but she will still be considered and sized.

On some level, to me "resilience factors of mastery" is a bad phraseology using a male derived word of ownership while resonating the female victim needs to adjust.

Tip: want control...carry sharpened stilettos and laser lipstick.:clown:

 

[Chava]

"Resilience factors like mastery and social support may attenuate the deleterious effects of an assault,” said lead author Heather L. Rusch

It's weird I have "mastery" in many areas but have not felt it over my own body. Probably I went all workaholic crazy in areas I felt like I had some control. I understand the point but I don't love the use of "mastery" here. Social support makes sense too. But all of this reminds me of stuff I've read about PTSD being more likely where people have suffered previous trauma...like their feelings of control are already down, their nervous systems are already somewhat dysregulated, or their abilities (or trust) to reach out to others are also somewhat compromised. Sort of how one traumatic event can have such different responses (one person heals, another develops PTSD). When I was first assaulted, I responded by trying to kill myself. It was too much, I was already spread too thin on my abilities to cope, and I had no idea what to do or how to move on at the time (ended up hospitalized and I needed that).

A lot of my current therapy is about regaining that self-mastery in terms of my body...knowing I can't totally control everything, but also feeling like I am connected and have some power to feel safe and okay...able to tolerate more negative sensations and respond better.

BTW, this study doesn't say women can heal better from trauma (than men). It's purely about women with trauma, no comparison. So the social thing is just an assumption that women do it better. Maybe. I don't. But it's not a study on women-vs-men in recovering from trauma or women having it easier because they are women.

 

[Recovery4Me]

BTW, this study doesn't say women can heal better from trauma (than men).

I know but if you think I am gonna say anything concerning our hero Anthony's title...forget about it.:clown: :chicken::notworthy:

 

[Chava]

Well I'm an asshole. Sorry. Not picking on the title. Just helps me focus my bit of discussion before I get hung up on the gender part. Just focusing on the mastery-social bits, which I think it true for anyone. Just my asexual perspective.

 

[Recovery4Me]

@Chava , actually I think you are brilliant and I thank you for chatting on the thread!:hug:

ps...liked the newer post ((hugs))