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Lädt ... Shattered Remnants (2023. Auflage)von Suzan Digh (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. This was some very sad reading. This woman was a lesbian and her parents put her in to a psychiatric ward. The used ECT on her, put drugs in to her. All because they thought she was insane for loving other women the way she did. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
For many LGBTQIA+ people, coming out is not easy. For some, it is horrific. This story (told in poetry/vignettes) explores the experiences of a girl who was put into psychiatric care shortly after coming out as lesbian. This "care" started with psychiatric medication and ended with her involuntary psychiatric hospitalization where she was treated with electroconvulsive (shock) therapy - with parental consent - at the age of 16. She is in Canada, where medical care is free.This experience was fundamental in shaping the subsequent decade of her life, and the choices she made. The poems and vignettes in this book primarily come from the notes/journals she kept throughout. It was pretty close to a decade after shock therapy (ECT) ended before she overcame the shattering this treatment caused: firstly as a direct result of the medical interventions themselves and secondly as a result of her unhealthy choices in coping mechanisms (sex, drugs and alcohol). Electroconvulsive therapy is a dark ... Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Immediately very, very heavy and just crazy to even imagine this happening not so long ago. This is not flawlessly or skilfully written, but is written with such conviction and emotion.
‘Yesterday Kenny, one of the long term residents, set his bed on fire… When do I become Kenny?’
Really great prose that is so good at portraying the raw visuals, dragging the reader in to the horror and heartbreak described.
‘Chains so invisible that I can’t cut them off, but so real that my arms are twisted painfully behind my back.’
Probably not that many words total, scattered in poems, lines and paragraphs, yet it tells the whole story beautifully.
‘I don’t want to live my life running in power save.’ ( )