A women who lived through Pol Pot's legacy saw the death of her family and friends. She came to america with much psychiatric symptoms, including pain, depression, poor sleep, weight loss, low energy, nightmares, visions of her parents being killed, etc... She is now irratable and has numerous physical complaints. She was diagnosed with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder, Single Episode, Moderate. Cambodia is an example of a collectivist society. How might such diagnosis contribute to internalized oppression in this case?
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She might feel "trapped" by the diagnosis, just as she felt trapped in the society she escaped from?
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Being a collectivist society has nothing to do with that. Once a person has gone through that, the effects are pretty much a given. And how can a diagnosis contribute to the internalization of anything? And is "collective society" your diagnosis? All you can do is love the person and care for her as she will let you.
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I don't know what collectivist society is but i can say for certain that without a doubt she would be suffering from PTSD. We really don't know the horror these people went through, the thing is she needs to be allowed to express her mind. We live in a society that is "perpetrator friendly", and it seems like she is basically being told to get over it. If her mind is stuck there, she will never come out of it and she needs help to do that, Meanwhile Pol Pot gets sympathy from a liberal media without having to apologize to the 1.5 million people dead and their families. No wonder she suffers, because that time in history was horrific and tragic and to discount her experience would be injustice.
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Because individuals in collectivist societies tend to perceive diagnoses as (not weakness like individual cultures), but failings and an inability to contribute and fulfill their purpose. Internalizing the failure oppresses the individual.
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Thanks to Pol Pot there are a lot of screwed up people. Cut the head off to kill the snake.
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