Not exact matches
Some common triggers, according to the Birth Trauma Association, are: lengthy labor or short and very painful labor, induction, poor pain relief,
feelings of loss
of control, high levels
of medical intervention, traumatic or emergency deliveries (e.g. emergency cesarean section), impersonal treatment or problems with staff attitudes, not being listened to,
lack of information or
explanation,
lack of privacy and dignity, fear for baby's safety, stillbirth, birth injuries to the baby, NICU stay, poor postpartum care, previous trauma (such as sexual abuse, domestic violence, trauma with a previous birth).
The
feelings that my body was dirty, that it was not mine, that it was only for someone else to use, to decide if I was pretty, too fat, too thin, too plain, too made - up, too shy, too bold, too accepting, too melodramatic, too obedient, too defiant... you get the idea, that all never went away, I was just
lacking explanation for much
of it for a long time.
Feeling tired all the time, often with no
explanation for your
lack of energy, is one
of the more common signs
of low testosterone in women.
The simplicity
of the premise, combined with a concerted
lack of explanation as to the how and why
of such a strange idea for a society existing, makes it
feel like the concepts are woefully underdeveloped, leading to a
lack of trust in the narrative due to having to put aside the myriad
of questions that inevitably develop and halfheartedly go with the flow just to see where things will lead.
Some look at it and relate to it, either because they
feel that they understand it or because they
feel that its
lack of obviousness,
lack of content,
lack of narrative, and
lack of easy
explanation is something to which they simply, for some reason,
feel a kindred.