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| Alternative therapies by Nesta | 14 Review(s) |
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| erunyauve | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/2/2007 |
| Wonderful satire - it sounds like an interesting article, too. Author Reply: The article is in 'New Scientist', issue dated 3 February 2007. The bit about eye movement desentisation is straight from the article. Apparently, after the tsunami hit Sri Lanka somebody seriously suggested recruiting cricket umpires as therapists because they were so good at waggling their fingers. Truth is most certainly stranger than fiction... | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/2/2007 |
| Oh yes! Go, Rosie! Of course it's a dreadful thing to experience traumatic events, and I believe Sam, Merry and Pippin did have a certain amount of their own trauma from it. But officious people who think they know better than anyone else are not necessarily the best way to deal with it. Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for her "interview" with Eowyn and Faramir! *snerk* Author Reply: Anybody who has lived at all will have been through some pretty gruesome experiences at some time or other. But I'm convinced that the vast majority of people cope perfectly well; otherwise the whole world would have succumbed to collective trauma by now. I think the Gamgee remedy of a cuddle and some bacon-and-egg (or an equivalent comfort food) has a lot to recommend it. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/2/2007 |
| Very enjoyable !Good for Rosie ! Author Reply: We don't hear that much about Rosie in the book, but I'm sure she was a girl of spirit, otherwise Sam wouldn't have fallen for her, would he? | |
| Calenlass Greenleaf | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/2/2007 |
| LOL. Cute and funny. I usually don't read hobbit stories, but I couldn't help myself when I read the summary. I think I'll read it again after reviewing. *g* Author Reply: I don't usually write hobbit stories, either, but this one just sprang into my head! According to the New Scientist article, current thinking is that one person in four who experiences a traumatic event is likely to develop PDST. This is intriguing considering that Frodo obviously had it - Tolkien's description of his symptoms is classic, probably based on observation of post-world-war-one shell shock - and that makes one hobbit out of four! However, I'm sure of one thing, and that's that nobody should have 'counselling' thrust upon them, which does happen quite a lot these days. | |