Journalist Stages Own Rape To Combat PTSD
Having read a few articles related to this, I still can’t make my mind up on this one – but would tend to go with “a bit extreme”...
What say you ?
Mac McClelland witnessed some of the sexual atrocities committed in aftermath of earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010 -- and was so haunted by what she saw that she staged her own violent rape in order to get over it.
McCelland couldn't shake the image of woman who had been raped at gunpoint and mutilated. When she accompanied her to the hospital and the woman saw her attackers she went into a full paroxysm -- wailing, flailing" in terror.
It was an event that proved too much for McClelland to process, as she began to develop the classic symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder -- crying spells, flashbacks, insomnia, even certain smells made her gag.
The 31-year-old writer sought professional help, but it was only simulating her own rape she says cured her of PTSD - In an article she explains how her sexual partner held her down, beat her and forced himself on her:
By the time he pinned me by my neck with one forearm so I was forced to use both hands to free up space between his elbow and my windpipe, I'd largely exhausted myself.
McClelland told ABC News it was a way for her to deal in a controlled situation where she could say stop at anytime.
Not surprisingly, McClelland's article hasn't been received well by everyone. McClelland says she's received emails from readers thanking her, while ABC says others reacted in disgust called her a "racist and a f**cked up whore."
Many experts don't recommend self-treatment, nor did the therapists McClelland spoke with. Her therapist told her to "inhale trauma and exhale compassion," but McClelland told her therapist, "All I want is to have incredibly violent sex."
According to the Mail, McClelland has conquered her PTDS and hasn't let it interfere with her reporting -- she returned to Haiti this past January for two weeks.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/journalist-mac-mcclelland-rape-...
I don't get it either. But can anybody who has never been in situations like that?Plus, every human reacts different . So I do not think we really can judge.
I'll be honest - I can't really relate to it.. I can't understand how her actions would bring about the relief she required. If you read the article, it does not really seem to simulate an "aggressive rape" to me.. More role playing ..But then PTSD is a recent thing and perhaps our understanding and treatment of it is in its infancy.
She was not raped though was she? She had violent consensual sex with somebody she knew. She knew she was going to survive; she was not mutilated or traumatised for the rest of her life. Sure it could be seen as she drove away demons from what she witnessed but I would not be recommending it as a cure for PTSD; would you?
WTF... hahaha...
Valid point. The human mind is an amazing thing and we are all affected differently by trauma.
As someone who cannot fully fathom what she endured, I personaly find it an unusual way of dealing with her demons.
If that was indeed the only way she could have gotten over her trauma then to each their own. Classic case of "One man's meat is another man's poison" What causes trauma and pain to another was her cure...strange but true,I think!
can i Volunteer ? :(
What made you think of doing such a search ? :O)
The top ten sexual fantasies of a nymphomaniac woman, you will find that violent sex or being raped tops the list.. Need I say more.. She sure sounds like one hell of a nympho..
"All I want is to have incredibly violent sex," she told her therapist, who wasn't shocked."She said, 'Sure, do you have someone in mind who can do that for you?'" said McClelland. "She didn't blink."And McClelland did -- Isaac, an old friend, someone she'd had rough sex with before. Someone she trusted."I needed to confront my extreme fears and nightmares," she said. "I needed it to be violent and forceful." hmm..anybody looking for a volunteer ;)
She did write an article about it, so perhaps it does help her cause.. The following article is a good read..
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/reporter-mac-mcclelland-stages-rape-cure-post-traumatic/story?id=13995013&page=2
In fact a very erotic fantasy of a very crazy woman
Sounds more like a mix of kinky sex and publicity stunt .