Dr. John A. KingIndigenous Australian. 100% Human. Neo-Noir Novelist. Poet. Speaker. Performance coach. More than a Survivor. Terrible Golfer, Awkward Dancer🕺

Turn Scars of Shame into Medals of Honor #dealwithit - living well with PTSD

15 Jan 2018 · 1 min

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This content was created by Dr. John A. King. This content was uploaded by Dr. John A. King. This is a YouTube clip titled "Turn Scars of Shame into Medals of Honor #dealwithit - living well with PTSD" (posted 2018-01-15) featuring Dr. John A. King speaking in a first-person monologue about his experience living with PTSD. He describes discomfort with small, dark rooms (particularly with female attendants) due to past abuse by women, requests accommodations (having his wife present) at a cardiologist visit, uses a peanut-allergy analogy to explain setting boundaries, and encourages people with PTSD to 'own their stuff' and turn 'scars of shame' into 'medals of honor.'

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I don't like small dark rooms. I don't like small dark rooms, particularly with female attendants. I had to go to a cardiologist just yesterday, and they want to take me back and put me in a small dark room with a female nurse. Now, the majority of my abuse was at the hands of women, so for me to get into that situation is not comfortable for me. So I simply said to the person, Look, I prefer not to go into there. I have post-traumatic stress. I'd like my wife to come with me. Thank you very much. And they accommodated me. It was no big deal. If you had a peanut allergy and you went down and had a sundae and they put peanuts on there, you would say no. You wouldn't go into much explanation. You would just say, I don't want that. I don't know why people with post-traumatic stress Don't just own their stuff. There are some things that work for you and some things that don't. Stop having scars of shame, but medals of honor.