Tag: Trauma

A Long Time: Star Trek: Discovery and the Many Faces of PTSD

Ruth Anne Amsden • December 28, 2021

Burnham puts her hand on Book's knee in his bedroom after Kwejian is destroyed

“This is going to be with you a long time, Jean-Luc. A long time. You have to learn to live with it.” ~Robert Picard to brother Jean-Luc Picard, “Family” Spoiler alert: This post contains spoilers for the first four episodes…

Jonathan Alexandratos • March 6, 2019

Let me paint for you, briefly, a portrait of a child. This child is young, no more than 10. Questions of identity, gender, and purpose are still well into his future. He spends most of his day failing: failing school,…