Karin: Pitying Voldemort

Keep the Mess

In this episode, Karin talks about incredibly difficult subjects, such as generational and sexual trauma, and yet is able to talk eloquently and with surprising empathy and groundedness.

Content Warning for talk about self harm and emotional, physical, religious, and sexual abuse, as well as rape. Also talk about genital disease and damage, and a mention of BDSM. I also recognize that hearing two trans folk talk about Harry Potter may be difficult for some.

Spoilers for Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Harry Potter, and A Very Potter Musical.

References:

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, anime show by Yasuhiro Irie

"Do not pity the dead, Harry, pity the living, and above all those who live without love." Dumbledore from Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows

"And you think that killing people will make them like you, but it doesn't! It just just makes them dead." Voldemort to Quirrel in A Very Potter Musical, by Starkid

James Dobson: Conservative Evangelical leader who wrote books, did radio, other forms of media about traditional views on sexuality, gender roles, family, and discipline.

Acroynyms/Definitions:

BPD: Borderline Personality Disorder, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/borderline-personality-disorder

OCPD: Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-personality-disorder

Cluster B: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/cluster-b

Responding to internal stimuli: When someone is not responding to the world or people around them, but to what is internal, sometimes to hallucinations

Miracle Question: psychological tool where a client is asked to imagine what their world would look like if their problems were solved.