Melissa Walker: Art can heal PTSD's invisible wounds
Мелисса Уолкер: Искусство может исцелить невидимые раны войны
Melissa Walker helps military service members recover from traumatic brain injury and mental illness. Full bio
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military service member
are exploding all around you.
through the dust and the smoke,
хоть что-то сквозь пыль и дым,
to process what has just happened.
что только что произошло.
multiple times a day and in your sleep.
for fear of losing your job
из-за страха потерять работу
to see the face
as post-traumatic stress disorder
стрессовое расстройство
post-traumatic stress disorder,
посттравматического синдрома,
my grandparents every summer.
я навещала бабушку и дедушку.
of combat on the psyche.
военных действий на психику.
as a Marine in the Korean War,
во время корейской войны,
and rendered him unable to cry out.
и он не мог закричать.
physical wounds had healed
experiences in waking life.
во время бодрствования.
как он выкрикивает ругательства
shouting obscenities
as I entered the room,
как войти в комнату,
и не растревожить его.
выразить чувства,
have the tools to guide him.
for my grandfather's condition
психологических травм
towards the study of trauma.
about post-traumatic stress disorder,
посттравматический синдром,
who suffered like my grandfather
помогать военнослужащим,
for post-traumatic stress
a new war was raging,
бушевала новая война.
and military vehicles,
и военному транспорту
blast injuries they wouldn't have before.
ранее считавшиеся смертельными.
were reaching new levels,
and researchers
и исследователей
that traumatic brain injury, or TBI,
черепно-мозговой травмы, или ЧМТ,
in technology and neuroimaging,
и нейровизуализации
an actual shutdown in the Broca's,
в нарушениях работы зоны Брока —
after an individual experiences trauma.
после перенесённой травмы.
безмолвным ужасом,
from their current duties,
of our servicemen and women.
вести незримую борьбу.
about their experiences,
о своих переживаниях
when I got my first job
моя первая работа арт-терапевта
largest military medical center,
медицинском центре страны
on a locked-in patient psychiatric unit,
в закрытом психиатрическом блоке,
Intrepid Center of Excellence, NICoE,
Center of Excellence, или NICoE,
for active duty service members.
to convince service members,
a psychotherapeutic intervention a try.
психотерапевтического воздействия.
nothing short of spectacular.
by our servicemen and women,
of art therapy bypasses
areas of the brain that encode trauma.
зоны, в которых скрывается травма.
to work through their experiences
военнослужащие могут безболезненно
to their physical creations,
and the right hemispheres of the brain.
и левое и правое полушария мозга.
with all forms of art --
любой вид искусства —
don't just have a name,
create these masks,
literally, with their trauma.
понять свою травму и справиться с ней.
how often that enables them
это позволяет им
and start to heal.
for one of my patients,
действительно пережил это,
of that haunting image.
for the service member,
to think of BFIB as the mask,
воспринимать ОЛВБ как маску,
and say, "Melissa, take care of him."
«Мелисса, позаботься о нём».
to further contain him,
в коробку для хранения,
went to leave the NICoE,
didn't feel anxious.
is haunted by some traumatic memory,
болезненные воспоминания,
these disturbing images,
for thousands of years
to the power to destroy.
that the part of the brain
что душевные травмы
where healing happens too.
how to make that connection.
как наладить эту связь.
impacted his treatment,
повлияло на его лечение,
You sort of just zone out into the mask.
Создание маски тебя поглощает.
after two days, I was like,
через пару дней, я подумал:
here's the key, here's the puzzle,"
my treatment just when out of sight,
достигло нового уровня,
Kurt, explain this, explain this.
просили объяснить что-либо.
openly to, like, anybody.
об этих вещах с кем угодно.
right now if I wanted to,
об этом прямо сейчас с вами,
this process with my grandfather,
разделить этот процесс с дедушкой,
service members heal,
военнослужащим исцелиться
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Melissa Walker - Creative arts therapistMelissa Walker helps military service members recover from traumatic brain injury and mental illness.
Why you should listen
Melissa Walker is a creative arts therapist at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, a directorate of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. She works with active duty service members suffering from traumatic brain injury and psychological health conditions.
Dedicated to helping recovering service members safely express their deep thoughts and emotions in a creative environment, Walker designed the Healing Arts Program at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in 2010, where she engages her patients in mask-making, a powerful mechanism for helping them express their invisible wounds. Walker received her Master's Degree in art therapy from New York University.
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