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⌈ Secret Post #6022 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What are you reading?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm trying to read The Body Keeps the Score, but it's really hard to both appreciate the valid points of the book while realizing that the subjects studied are all likely neurotypical and that trauma likely looks different in the neurodiverse. I've brought this up with my counselor (who has experience with autistic patients), and he thankfully thinks my frustration with this is completely valid. (He also has hinted that the studies being done on trauma and neurodiversity at the moment are not the highest quality.)

Re: What are you reading?

[(Anonymous)]

I ask in genuine curiosity, how can you tell the book is all about nuerotypical people?

Re: What are you reading?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

A quick glance at the book's index shows no mentions of autism and five pages that reference ADHD. Only one of those pages actually talked about ADHD in relation to trauma, and it talked about how the kids with ADHD came up with more gruesome or tragic storylines than the control group after both groups looked at illustrations of a person trapped in a car accident. The author doesn't seem surprised that the kids were diagnosed with ADHD, as their storylines showed signs of increased arousal, but that's the most detail given to neurodiversity that I've seen up to this point.

There's also the fact that the initial chapters discuss his early research done in the 70s and 80s. Back then, autism was treated very differently, as there was the assumption that every autistic person was nonverbal or had limited speech. Since the initial research was built on interviews with patients, there wasn't really any selection of autistic experiences. These first attempts to delve into PTSD formed the backbone for subsequent studies, studies that would end up not being designed to include autistic people for a very long time. Even setting autism aside, the fact that ADHD is mentioned in piecemeal snippets in the book isn't exactly promising despite the references to executive dysfunction and neuroscientific evidence pointing to this dysfunction showing up physically in the brain. I feel like at the very least the author could have made a statement along the lines of this executive dysfunction information needing further research to see how that impacts trauma processing in various neurodivergent populations.

Re: What are you reading?

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for answering. I've seen this book recommended a lot and it's never really appealed to me, even less so now. I may still check it out one day, but it's pretty far down on the list.