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TRAUMA TELEVISION: NFL vs SVU

December 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Trauma television: scenes where you look away. The NFL is a hard watch at the beginning of the season because we forget how violent it is. Then we get up to spreed. When injuries happen it’s, “Well that’s football.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: big game, college football, cte, entertainment, football, frozen tundra, history, longevity, national football league, Neil Lomax, next season, NFL, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, special victims unit, SVU, television, television networks, trauma, trauma television, win

RECOVERY ROAD POT HOLES AND HUMPS

December 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Recovery road is paved with promise and hope. Most of all, it’s paved with compasses to stay on track. Whether recovery involves substance or emotions, staying on track is vital. How does that work?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog, blogger, boomerpdx, cancer, cancer treatment, covid, David Gillaspie, emotional abuse, emotional recovery, husband, life path, national trauma, pathology, recovery, recovery people, recovery road, reward, substance abuse, substance recovery, trauma, wife, writer, writers, writing

DANGEROUS PLACES #1: MATERNITY WARD

August 18, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Dangerous places are pretty obvious. Who doesn’t have a list of them. Here in Oregon, land of the great outdoors, we have plenty of danger. But, instead of a list picturing the grandeur and beauty of this great state, then spoiling if by saying climate change makes it all dangerous, let’s work a little harder.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: addict, addiction, baby, blog post, blogger, boomerpdx, climate change, dangerous places, Death, downtown Portland, drug addict, drugs, family, family trauma, healthcare, labor and delivery, maternity ward, medicine, meth, nurse, Portland, Portland Oregon, portland writer, Portlandia, shooting, trauma, writer

DREAM DAY, D-DAY TOMORROW

June 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My dream day is pretty simple. I had one recently. Did I live every moment to the max and soak up the vibes? Or did I just feel lucky as hell to be a part of such a day? Well let me tell you my idea of a dream day at my house:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, better world, D-Day, daughter in-law, daughters, DBE, dream, dream day, family curse, helpful, millennials, nineteen year olds, people, royal navy, Slapton sands, sons, trauma, women, WWII, you are worthy

TEN HAMMERS? THINGS IN THE HOUSE WHEN ONE IS ENOUGH

June 23, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Ten hammers ought to be enough? Who has ten hammers? Me. And they’re all looking for a nail.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, blogger, boomers, hoarder, hoarders, hoarding, hoarding disorder, Oregon, pillows, stress, tape measures, tea towels, ten hammers, tools, trauma, twitter

TRAUMA WORK: WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

June 22, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Professionals, trained professionals, do trauma work. They do the work with traumatized people. The work starts when someone thinks they need help, or they’re told they need help. It sounds like this: “You need help, so get help.” Sounds simple enough?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: actuary, Aubrey Hirsch, get help, gun control, gun crime, gun violence, guns, memorial, Oregon, Portland Oregon, PTSD, substack, trauma, trauma work, traumatized people

TOBACCO LIES CREATE LASTING TRAUMA

November 29, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Tobacco lies are an example of an industry working to keep their customer base while killing them off at the same time. Even worse is the suspicion and doubt the industry wove into the fabric of farm life in a region dependent on tobacco. Tobacco and education are not friends. Who doesn’t see someone spark […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: big lie, biggest lie, cigarette, cigarettes, covid, covid vaccine, ignorant men, liar, lies, lying, money crop, southern states, story, tobacco, tobacco lies, trauma, women's health

RELAYED STRESS: BAD NEWS TRAVELS LIKE WILDFIRE

October 10, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Relayed stress comes from hearing and repeating bad news, and it doesn’t get enough attention. Finding bad news is easy. It’s as easy as opening a magazine, a newspaper; as easy as looking at a phone screen, a laptop, or a tablet. Bad news is popular in print, on air, everywhere. “Do you remember where […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bad news, BOOMER, delayed stress, education, experience, father figure, kindness, post traumatic stress syndrome, PTSD, relayed stress, stress, trauma, understanding

WHY HEART BREAKS NEVER BREAK EVEN FOR ANYONE

January 31, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Like serious illness, heart breaks are best left for others, not you and I. It’s just easier when it’s someone else. At a distance. The further the better. That way you can learn from them in case it happens to you.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: heart break, heart breaks, isolation, Love, misery, trauma, true love

DNA AND SPORTS TRAUMA

August 6, 2015 by David Gillaspie

How Does American Football And Sports Trauma Help World Peace? For all the care and concern over health in football, it’s still the biggest draw in sports. And the most traumatic. From NFL stadiums to local youth league fields, and everywhere in between, coaches learn how to spot injuries early. In the youth leagues parents […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: american football, Peace, sports trauma, trauma, world peace, world trauma