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deftethitiova wrote a new post, Dear Komal 7 years, 5 months ago
Dear Komal (birth name),
When I think about my own history of abuse and my path to healing, I realize that grief comes up. I grieve for the lost innocent child who was astonished and shocked to be slapped out […]
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deftethitiova wrote a new post, Triggers and handling them 9 years ago
Psych Central describes triggers as: “A trigger is something that sets off a memory tape or flashback transporting the person back to the event of her/his original trauma.” Wikipedia defines a trauma trigger as: […]
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deftethitiova wrote a new post, Amazing Turmeric 9 years, 3 months ago
The common Indian spice turmeric has been coming up a lot in various news stories and studies
Awareness of its benefits seem to be growing everyday. I am being prompted to cook more and more Indian food which […]
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deftethitiova wrote a new post, Asian American doll? 9 years, 3 months ago
I recently saw a commercial parody on SNL that highlighted some of my issues with the term and label “Asian.” It’s such a catch-all term that just seems to indicate how lazy the Western world can be in learning the actual country someone is from, so they choose a big continent as label instead. Take a look at the parody, which I thought was funny and made a point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFCAGVopUp0