Video ; username: shannaro | cw: talk about traumatic response

[creationrebirth]

[ The feed comes on to show a pink haired girl, smiling warmly. She tucks her hair behind her ear before addressing everyone. ]

Hi. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Haruno Sakura and I've recently become a temporary resident of this place. It's come to my attention that I have some skills which might be put to good use here. First of all, I'm a medical ninja back home and I have an extensive knowledge of medicine, poison control, and emergency medical treatment. I think medicine works a little differently here than it does back home, but I'm happy to assist wherever I can.

The other thing I've noticed about this place and I know I'm calling attention to the obvious, is that it seems to enjoy dragging up and forcing it's residents to face their traumas. Either that or it's creating new traumatic experiences for people. I'm entirely too familiar with what happens when repeated traumatic events are dragged up over and over again for an individual. It breaks a person down mentally and physically and that manifests in some unique ways here.

People so often misunderstand trauma and they place blame on the sufferer, despite that it is born out of a need to protect oneself against very real threats to one's wellbeing. Back home I've been developing a model and treatment program that hopes to intervene before the behaviors of trauma become so self destructive that they harm the individual suffering from them, or those the individual may otherwise care about.

While I am sure that everyone here has developed coping skills of some sort, and that there are avenues that one might use to calm down or decompress, it never hurts to have more outlets and resources when dealing with mental health and trauma. So I'm hoping to utilize my knowledge and skills from back home to create a program that would offer further assistance in maintaining a healthy mental balance and perhaps even treat more severe trauma.

If there is an interest, not only would I like to create a safe space for people who suffering with mental health, but I'd also like to create a team of people who would be interested in learning how to professionally help others. While a base understanding of mental health is helpful, I've developed my program from the ground up and trained countless individuals in how to use it to benefit patients. So I can happily host workshops and seminars.

I just think that if we stand mentally at our strongest, then we'll be so much better prepared for the challenges that we consistently face. Treating trauma patients is a passion of mine and if I can help ease the burdens of anyone here while I am stuck in this limbo, I welcome the opportunity.

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cw: mention of specific traumas

[creationrebirth]

[ Someone who knows Sasuke. Good thing this is voice, or the fact that she's blushing at that very name would make her so obvious. ]

Sasuke. Yes, he's a dear friend of mine.

[ And it's true, she really loves improving the lives of children. She chuckles gently at the fact that he'd talk to someone about that. ]

It's actually where I began developing the mental health treatments I use. After the war back home, there were so many orphans and I saw an appalling lack of care and planning for their futures. Not only were we stuck with children who were confused, terrified, and grieving great loss, but children who had gone from having everything to having nothing. It's been my goal to ensure their future safety, but also their happiness. I believe we have to care for their wellbeing mentally and not just physically. So far we've had great success and if I can help the youth here as well, I will gladly offer everything I can.

As for trauma, I think the simplest way to put it is that it's a heightened emotional response to a terrifying event, such as war, natural disaster, death of a loved one, or rape. These events may leave mental wounds on a person that over time and without treatment fester into physical and emotional reactions that negatively impact a person's daily life, damaging everything from their relationships to their self worth. But it often times gets ignore because the wounds aren't visible. It's one thing fixing a broken leg, it's an entirely different thing to treat the mind, and it's a lot harder. We see someone behaving badly and we don't think "Oh, they are just trying to protect themselves", we think "why can't that person just get their act together." My goal is to look at why they are struggling and come up with solutions to heal the wounds on the minds to improve their quality of life.

Am I making any sense? Like I said, it's a complex matter, but I'm happy to answer any questions.

[vibing]

Yeah, that... I've seen that happen to kids. It's rough. If you want to do something like that here, count me in. [ He wasn't one of the kids who lost a parent in the Great War, but he saw it happen, he helped take care of kids who had exactly that happen: one day, they had a family, and the next they didn't.

But everything else she's saying, about what trauma is, it hits him in a way he didn't expect. Something about what she said in her post pinged in his mind, but he didn't... think it would be this. ]

Yeah, that, that makes a ton of sense. Mental health... that's a thing. [ He didn't know that before, but now it seems silly not to, when she lays it out like that. It seems pretty obvious, that the things that happen to people, they leave their mark. He knew that, but not in these sorts of words. That they can be taken care of, that you can get better. That you aren't just... that way, for the rest of your life. ] And you know how to fix that?

[creationrebirth]

Your support is greatly appreciated. Just tell me your name and I'll add you to my list.

[ She nods, thinking for a moment about what's been asked and how to best explain it. [

I do. Or at least, I have developed a process to help treat it, both long term and acutely. Unlike broken bones and illnesses, mental wounds can take a long time too fully process through and I won't put up false hope to anyone that I can cure it. What I can do is make it easier to live with and hopefully that will in turn lessen the instances of corruption and build inner strength in those who need help facing the traumatic things here. Some scars never fully heal, but I believe I have the ability to ease the suffering that's happening here, and I hope that will at least be a good step in the right direction.

[vibing]

Yuri Lowell. Yeah, good, I want to help.

That's... really cool. I guess I always assumed, y'know, that it was the sort of thing that you had to just live with. Either you were strong enough to keep going or... [ you drink yourself into a stupor to deal with it. It seems silly, in retrospect, but he just never knew. ]

Uh, well. When you have this thing set up, I'll come by. See what you're all doing.

[ Not that he needs help or anything. Not at all. ]