Tag: psychological trauma

[Crosspost] Maximum Blowback

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Originally written on July 5, 2025.

Seduction, Spillover, and the Systems That Turn on Us

“We made you,” she screams—not just at the machines, but at the consequence. Rage hurled at a system of our own design, now running on autopilot. It isn’t just a breakdown—it’s blowback. Almost like the war machine coming home.

Read More »

Trump’s Prescription for Poverty: Forced Psychiatry and the Criminalization of Homelessness

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Trump order pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people

Related:

Trump Pushes Policies That ‘Treat Homelessness and Mental Illness as a Crime’

New Research Shows Risks of Coercive Psychiatric Treatment

A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is raising difficult but necessary questions about a practice that affects hundreds of thousands of lives each year: involuntary psychiatric hospitalization.

…

This equates to a 79% increase in risk of being charged with a violent crime, and almost a doubled risk of dying by suicide or overdose, in the three months following evaluation for hospitalization.

The researchers also found hospitalization often caused destabilization. It led to declines in employment and earnings, and increased use of homeless shelters. It did not lead to better outpatient care or more consistent medication use.

Through the Doorway: Remembering A Father’s Battle Amid Potential Conflict

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I read an article today about a woman reflecting on her father’s PTSD. Her family had the same rule as mine—if you needed to wake Dad, you did so from the doorway to prevent the risk of an accidental reaction triggered by a flashback. I wonder how many children of military veterans have lived with this unspoken understanding, shaped by their parents’ trauma.

Read More »

Personal: Finding a Better Home for My Poetry

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I’ve moved most of my poetry to Tumblr for more flexibility—Medium’s daily limits were too restrictive. Over half is already transferred, and formatting feels much easier. I’ll continue posting poetry on my personal site alongside personal stories, though I’m not sharing the link since those posts are deeply personal and part of my process of working through past experiences. Some of my more vulnerable poems haven’t made the move to Tumblr or Medium—I still prefer to keep them in a quieter space for now.