Take a minute to reflect, think about what monsters were created from your experiences? Positive and negative. This avatar stands by my side always, while I try to protect others, helping them get rid of their monsters too. The positive monsters that I created during my coping experience evolved, morphing into a beautiful creature, an avatar. I had them to help me find my strength, use my voice and encourage others to do the same. I had them in my corner, to help me fight the opposing side. As I nurtured these, instead of my unwanted internal beasts, they became my allies. Personally, I created justice and protective monsters, my versions of Sully and Mike. Some we use as coping mechanisms, in order to deal with our horrendous experiences. Some monsters exist purely for good, similar to Sully and Mike in Monsters Inc., always there to protect Boo from all of the bad monsters surrounding her. However, not all of the monsters that we create are bad. Buy the Artwork The Monster inside us by Grgory Herpe (2020) : Photography Digital on Paper - 39.4x39.4in Worldwide Shipping Secure Payment Free. Keys in hand, I was opening the door on my new life. When I found my voice, I was given the keys to let the shame, fear and guilt monsters go. When a secret isn’t a secret any longer, the power is returned to you. By talking openly about my experiences, the unwanted creatures no longer received sustenance to thrive inside of me. It was the moment my secret was set free, that my shame, fear and guilt monsters were let out of their cages, no longer holding me hostage. At the time, I was unaware of how to rid my house and myself of these monsters. As I was suffering, these monsters were gaining strength. Unhealthy coping processes fed those beasts, providing them with shelter and keeping them well fed. The monster, whose secret I was keeping, continued to grow strong and powerful, along with my internal monsters of guilt and shame. And just like the storybooks, these dragons are not so easy to slay. The internal beasts of shame, guilt, anxiety and fear. And sometimes, this creates monsters inside of us. Sometimes, monsters like mine live in our homes, offices, churches, schools, or other places where we should feel safe, and where our children should feel safe. My childhood longed for skinned knees and broken dishes, as I was left to fend for myself, against the monster inside my house. My safe space became the danger zone, and I was the target. This monster tormented me, consuming me with fear, in a place where I was meant to feel warmth and love. An ugly monster in disguise, as someone I could trust. A monster whose secret I kept hidden, giving it life. I grew up with a monster inside my house. Unfortunately, this was not my experience. Your greatest worry should be an upcoming spelling test, or how to tell your parents that you broke a glass dish. Your worst pain should be a skinned knee, or maybe a broken bone, falling from a backyard tree you climbed. We can locate.As a child, you are supposed to know nothing but innocence and joy, in a home bursting with love. Within the post-9/11 era, the (American) battle with evil entails a conflict with the (un-American) monstrous or “terrorist” body. Taken from Monsters to Destroy: The Neoconservative War on Terror and Sin by Ira Chernus, the opening epigraph speaks to both historical and contemporary (post-9/11) articulations of the quintessential conflict between good and evil as they are embedded within U. The best to hope for is to build a stout defense against them, one strong enough to keep them from destroying us. The stories always imply (and often say quite openly) that the monsters can never be destroyed. That alone would be enough to make people feel insecure. Tales of a battle between good and evil must depict the world as a threatening or even terrifying place, full of monsters. To email * Your name * Your email * Comment Please tick the box below *Ĭhapter 15. The monster within: Post-9/11 narratives of threat and the U.S.
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