tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post2242198426348158449..comments2022-03-25T05:12:52.969-04:00Comments on Archetype Writing Blog: Psychology in Fiction Q&A: Effects of Being Isolated from MenCarolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07715666518147779502noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-59918314919340094032010-03-19T15:21:50.324-04:002010-03-19T15:21:50.324-04:00Wow, I just found your blog through
Carolyn Kaufm...Wow, I just found your blog through <br />Carolyn Kaufman's site Publishing Pulse. What a great idea for a blog! I need to sit and figure out what my question is so I can start picking your brain.<br /><br />Thanks for this amazing resource for writers.Charity Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960821077619680661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-29052833750994854252010-03-13T16:31:30.847-05:002010-03-13T16:31:30.847-05:00I am your 100th Follower :) Please post me my priz...I am your 100th Follower :) Please post me my prize..The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-5122084203654691552010-02-24T10:39:25.652-05:002010-02-24T10:39:25.652-05:00Very interesting post. This is my first visit to ...Very interesting post. This is my first visit to your blog...I will be back, as you seem full of great information.Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-30348565071490282010-02-03T03:37:51.301-05:002010-02-03T03:37:51.301-05:00Speaking as one who was held for an extended time ...Speaking as one who was held for an extended time in isolation, it can cause PTSD, with or without violence.Ripleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388932946950076496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-13764626958439945052010-02-01T10:51:11.935-05:002010-02-01T10:51:11.935-05:00As i read it, Ripley, the PTSD was from witnessing...As i read it, Ripley, the PTSD was from witnessing violence, wasn't it?<br /><br />Apart from that, complex PTSD comes from trauma repeated at intervals over time. Instead of one traumatic event, it begins in something long-term such as childhood sexual abuse - but emotional stress such as being imprisoned for years would do it too, i'd have thought. (This site http://anxiety.emedtv.com/complex-ptsd/complex-ptsd.html mentions being kept captive, for example.) It wouldn't have to, but if the plot wants PTSD it could fit.<br /><br />(Carolyn?)mandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500649483319298830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-85363839097995201952010-01-10T13:34:06.854-05:002010-01-10T13:34:06.854-05:00If she suffers PTSD, wouldn't that mean she wa...If she suffers PTSD, wouldn't that mean she was traumatized by the isolation?Ripleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388932946950076496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-40267261713156354622009-12-04T12:23:45.530-05:002009-12-04T12:23:45.530-05:00Sounds like an intriguing story!Sounds like an intriguing story!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832782604769370695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-84579295593664657692009-11-04T10:11:27.130-05:002009-11-04T10:11:27.130-05:00This entire post - and Mand's comments - were ...This entire post - and Mand's comments - were riveting. Thank you for broadening my horizons! I know it will help me make a better book when I revise a project in early 2010.Suzette Saxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401538008029407734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-78312483670264535552009-11-04T09:23:41.756-05:002009-11-04T09:23:41.756-05:00Off topic: What about your book? Did you complete...Off topic: What about your book? Did you complete it on time?Ripleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388932946950076496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-3327097485483738502009-11-03T13:02:37.802-05:002009-11-03T13:02:37.802-05:00:0)
Hope it is helpful.:0)<br /><br />Hope it is helpful.mandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500649483319298830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-5959525419412338912009-11-03T12:48:03.837-05:002009-11-03T12:48:03.837-05:00I didn't even think about learning about men f...I didn't even think about learning about men from the media -- it makes a lot of sense to me that someone would lean towards wanting to please men if that was their education. (Lots of cultural messages!)<br /><br />What a great comment, Mand, thanks SO much for taking the time to write it all out!!Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715666518147779502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34977952.post-33636624442510513922009-11-03T10:03:03.651-05:002009-11-03T10:03:03.651-05:00Well, this is interesting. Without the PTSD you ha...Well, this is interesting. Without the PTSD you have described my own upbringing. Apart from the vicar (whom we didn't know well) absolutely no men, or boys, figured regularly in my childhood. I 'learnt men' from the media – this was the 1970s and 80s – and from fiction!<br /><br />Of course i entered adulthood with unrealistic ideas – especially not understanding the differences in the ways men communicate, and having no idea about 'letting him feel he solved it himself' as most women seem to, however feminist their inclination. I also found that in an all-girls' school, competitiveness both academically and in the playground was far more accepted than i gather it used to be in mixed schools.<br /><br />The message i got was never overtly anti-male but of course i saw my mother going up ladders to fix the roof, being breadwinner, etc, so the lack of men didn't feel like a lack and it still takes me by surprise when one offers to lift something heavy for me or something like that.<br /><br />I did have the response you say is least likely: wanting to please men, or rather have them approve of me. This screwed up my lovelife at the beginning, as the only thing i saw men approving of was short skirts and flirtatious behaviour. Combined with eat-what's-put-in-front of you 'politeness' indoctrination, you can imagine how un-fussy that made me about boyfriends.<br /><br />Sorry this is such a long comment, but i'm hoping it will add to your writer-questioner's ideas.<br /><br />I don't want to explain here in public how my attitude to my father developed – full of contradictions and really astonishing denial – but i will happily if you or s/he would like to contact me. My experience suggests that the message given by the nuns would have a different effect depending whether the nuns thought it mattered what message they gave.mandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500649483319298830noreply@blogger.com