I’ve been slapped across the face. And though I slapped first I was being taken down and physically kinetically to a more dangerous place to death-I was protecting myself from physical abuse from this which is self defense. Unfortunately the police don’t recognize this: Gabby Petito. If Gabby felt safe to run to her family she would have automatically made that move-just in hindsight.
Unfortunately with violence to a woman’s body: being shaken, slapped, or even worse causes brain cell damage that doesn’t show up in regular exams. Shaken Adult Syndrome (SAS) occurs in many women and is not accounted for in the long term damage. DAI (diffuse axonal injury) occurs-‘severe subtype characterized by widespread white matter disruption resulting from rapid acceleration-deceleration forces.’ (NLM 7-25’)
I myself have suffered much of this with permanent damage recorded in my medical records. Sadly other women, many, are unaccounted for.
I feel a renewed sense of life where I’ve been strength training now for 2 months bringing my mind back from over 30 years ago of whom I was and glimpses of my intelligence from then. I find this a rapid acceleration in women’s health to come. It gives me hope for the quality of my life and more long term possibilities.
Credits:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2672249/
https://www.odvn.org/brain-injury-survivors/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12839838/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/neuronal-injury-mechanisms
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8773525/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22285252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448102/
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