Military Mental Health
Aunt Lydia’s Moral Reckoning
Can People Like Aunt Lydia Change? What Her Partial Awakening Tells Us About Selective Empathy and Its Path Toward Redemption As The Handmaid’s Tale draws to a close, few character arcs are as surprising, or as psychologically rich, as Aunt Lydia’s. What began as a portrait of righteous cruelty becomes a study in conflicted loyalty, inner reckoning,…
Veterans and PTSD
It is incredibly common for military veterans to experience Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, after returning from war. As a military veteran, you may have seen or experienced deeply traumatizing events, and this can affect you even when you are back to civil ian life. In the military, you are asked to put your feelings…
