Published: Tuesday, 01 February 2022 12:02:06 PM

Has the word Survivor lost the power it once had to inform and challenge society?

Survivor is a much claimed word. People survive many things - car crashes, childhood sexual abuse, obesity, fear of spiders, all forms of trauma, surgeries, etc. As a descriptor more and more I'm finding that the word Survivor when applied to human beings who have experienced childhood abuse has lost the unique power it once had to inform and challenge society.

Can you think of a better general use word than Survivor? If you can then I'm sure that a lot of us out here would like to see your suggestion ...

The effects of prolonged stress that we are all experiencing is compounded on top of childhood adversity, the word survivor appears to be descriptive of both experiences. The difference that appears to make is that the word survivor of CSA and more has been merged into the everyday life of all Australians. For some the past few years bring back memories of survival from the two great wars that affected all. The injuries from those times are only now fading away from our collective memories and being replaced by survival of the pandemic so yes I can agree that the usage of the word for many will have changed as will the perception of those around us.

I see myself as a survivor of systemic trauma in my childhood and beyond. I more readily identify as a survivor of chronic childhood trauma that has morphed into a present moment of engagement with systems that are chronically dysfunctional.

I don't have a word to replace survivor yet; even though I agree with what has been said I feel our self image and ability to surmount adversity has embedded patterns in our brains that we identify with.

Any benefits that might come in respect to survival of dysfunctional systems and institutions will come to the fore as the recovery and elimination of risks with COVID dissipate. That recovery phase will allow million upon millions of fellow survivors being able to see and process the reality of trauma experienced by our evolved survival systems.

Trauma and recovery has only come to the fore in recent times. Treatment of causes has been the mainstream method, and thankfully trauma informed and evidence based research has blossomed to an amazing degree.

The evidence today says that one of the most effective treatments for a whole plethora of trauma injuries is surmounting the bans on "alternative" medications. Psilocybin and then Cannabis among others are being shown to consistently return long term recovery from PTSD, DiD and many other trauma and personality related psychological or psychiatric conditions with minuscule by comparison adverse and addiction issues. Results are consistently around 20 points above placebo.

The current medication model returns a few points above or below placebo depending on how research and evidence is processed.

I feel that the future will hold more understanding as our knowledge increases - that is evolving at an astonishing rate where our knowledge on a subject such as trauma is now doubling every few weeks. Myth based systems cannot protect themselves from the weight of real evidence and the reality that we are evolved animals with a few unique traits that have allowed us to turn our access to sticks and rocks into a species that is now exploring the possibility of becoming a multi planetary species.

The pandemic has show us a great deal of how myths are spread and how that have been protected to aid in the exploration of children and others that don't belong to your group is vanishing from our communities whose tolerance for crimes by institutions and individuals within will no longer be tolerated.

It is my view that the greatest tool to help eradicate the control and reach of the Roman Catholic Curia has when it comes to denying the human rights of children within their grasp can finally be seen and eradicated from our political, social, health and education systems so that our society can recover from millennium of horrific exploitation of humans by a myth driven faith.

According to a recent decision in Europe the Vatican, the Holy See, the Roman Catholic Church etc have been clearly defined as a nation state bringing them into the realm of the laws pertaining to nationhood and personal identity.

Recognizing that at a political level will be a challenge would likely get more of the standard process of shape shifting name changes to take certain obligations away. Australia has taken one of the fastest downturns on human rights in history - that takes a great deal to achieve. One of the first requirements will be the elimination of anyone who has an oath of obligation to another nation from decision making and direct contact with the community.

The allegiance of clerics to first and foremost obligation and obedience to a foreign nation state has to change dramatically and that all public engagements or ceremonies be halted until the sovereignty of Australia and Australians individually is clarified in instances in dealing with a nation state that believes that it is the appointed wizard of the planet and above the laws . It claims to protecting under its identity as a religion. For Australia that is a simple form of legislation that could be put in place very quickly to eliminate the risk of the human rights of millions of children will dealt with rapidly and appropriately.

The ability to describe this in detail has come about through technology and that power is not in the ability of the wizards to control. The times of myth based religions dominating and abusing generations of children is coming to and end at an increasing pace. The pace of death is linked somehow to the pace of development and the doubling of our knowledge.

Acknowledgements to ONE Survivor's Voice and Keith Thomas Davis for the question.

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