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Criticisms of “The Body Keeps the Score”

(josepheverettwil.substack.com)
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1. blurbleblurble ◴[] No.45674392[source]
The book might have some flaws but this article is flat out reactionary drivel.

Example slop: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ajgq!,w_1456,c_limit...

What the research _actually_ suggests is something more like a combination of those pictures. Except that the scientific research isn't framed in terms of "bad behavior". So that alone should give you a clue about where this blog post is coming from.

That image alone exposes the worldview of the person who wrote this, something like this:

~some people are good quality, some people are bad quality. if you're born as a bad quality person, it's something like bad luck / your fault for falling into bad behavior, no wonder you're struggling. you need to work harder but it might just be that you're a dud.~

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3. BigTTYGothGF ◴[] No.45676943[source]
> Example slop: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ajgq!,w_1456,c_limit...

This is pretty much that "the child has bad vibes" tweet except serious.

4. anshumankmr ◴[] No.45677857[source]
Yeah imagine showing this to say a kid abused by their parents, either verbally or physically...the author would be like

>> umm... akshually its your fault your daddy beats you

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5. astura ◴[] No.45677967[source]
We've all already heard that message from our abusers and have already internalize it.

Or maybe just me?

It's certainly cruel.