On transphobia, and the causes of PTSD
PTSD can't necessarily be explained by a singular event. Being trans in a transphobic society means depression, anxiety, panic are overlapping and interwoven with one another, and with your identity, and the particular circumstances of your life, writes Sadie Ryanne.
15 May 2011
http://www.thescavenger.net/queer/on-transphobia-and-the-causes-of-ptsd-711.htmlAs someone who is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), I sometimes feel like there is an expectation that my "symptoms" can be easily traced to one cause.
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A lot of people, including friends, assumed I had been jumped for being trans or queer. There is obvious reason for them to make this assumption: When a queer trans woman gets assaulted by a stranger in public, it often is an act of transphobic violence. It's happened to me, more than once, and it's happened to most trans women I know.
