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1in6 Thursday: The Power of the Personal in Politics
Talking about Tonic Immobility on Tonight's SVU
On tonight's episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, you'll hear the SVU squad talking about a topic few people do, something called tonic immobility. It sounds complicated, but it's one of the body's most basic responses?the "freeze response"?that happens when an individual is in danger. In today's post, Dr. Rebecca Campbell, professor of community psychology at Michigan State University, discusses tonic immobility in the context of sexual assault.
1in6 Thursday: Worse Than Denial - Institutional Betrayal
1in6 Thursday: Communicating a Need
Get Involved by Doing the KIND Thing
1in6 Thursday: Hope - Part 1
Hope is essential to life, especially for those who are forced (or choose) to deal with painful experiences from our past. By biblical (and practical) definition, hope is only possibly when we have not yet obtained that which we are hoping for. "Hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance" (Romans 8:24-25). To endure painful circumstances we must develop a vision of a brighter future, one that is free of our current pain and hardship.
1in6 Thursday: Traumas and Healing
1in6 Thursday: Why Tell Anybody?
I don't know how he got my telephone number and he never told me his name. As soon as I identified myself, he blurted: "Why should a man tell anyone about his abuse?"
"He doesn't need to tell anyone. He can keep it a secret until he dies," I said.
"But talking is just talking—just mere words."
Certain he was referring to himself, I asked, "Have you ever told anyone?"
After a long silence, he mumbled, "No."
1in6 Thursday: Ending Homophobia, One Brother at a Time
I remember the interview like it was yesterday. The year was 1984, and I was a oh-so-young, oh-so-green social work student conducting an interview with a veteran gay activist at our local GLBTQ center. (Mind you, many of those letters weren’t spoken of back then). I was 24 years-old, straight-define, and I literally quivered with nervousness at being, for the first time in my life, in queer-defined space. My purpose of the meeting—to research the history and advocacy of the centre for my studies in community development—belied my internal emotional state.