In this video, Rick Scarpello shares his initial thoughts while reading Dr. John A. King's book Deal with It: Living with PTSD. He humorously notes using a Band‑Aid as a bookmark, then highlights the book’s candid tone and humor, especially a Deadpool quote, which he says makes the material accessible and relatable. Scarpello emphasizes that the author’s lived experience shines through, allowing him to observe aspects of his own trauma that a purely clinical approach might miss. He expresses enthusiasm for continuing the reading and promises to post further video reflections.
Hello everybody. I am currently reading Dr. John A. King's Deal with It: Living with PTSD, and I figured I would do a set of video thoughts following my experience as I go through the book. Um, the, the irony of me using a Band-Aid as my bookmarker is not lost on me.
The first thing that really stands out to me is the candor and the humor that's used in the book.
I mean, he quotes Deadpool, for Christ's sake. How can you not like that? And what it's done is made this book accessible to me. It's made it relatable, and by extension allowed me to observe parts of myself that I might not have been able to do if it was done from a clinical standpoint. This is done by a man with real experience, and that comes through in the writing. I look forward to continuing to read this, and I'll post more video thoughts as I go along, and we'll see how it goes.
Tuck your chin and throw punches. You know, John King says, you know, you've lived through shit, shit that he has no idea about. And I think that really resonates with me. Most people have absolutely no idea what I've gone through in terms of my trauma. Just today I did an interview with someone over 2 hours long. The first person who's ever heard outside of my wife what I've gone through. And what it's a reminder of is my resiliency. And I tell my clients this all the time, but I don't often identify it in myself. And this, this one little chapter, just a couple of pages, has helped me recognize and realize where my power lies and how I can use that to help others. Like I said, I'm only a few pages into this book, but it has definitely a little spark. And I think it's something valuable to hear. It's something that men need to hear. Not just men, anyone. But I'm looking forward to it.
