Precious

I was looking for clips from Precious and ran across this one:




And I got through approximately 4 minutes and 12 seconds of it before I had a nauseating feeling.

The emotions welled up in my face, and my stomach started to churn very badly.

I started to feel like I was going to vomit.

I've never been through what Precious went through.

But, I know the people who have.

I'm sure Mariah Carey's character wants to just condemn Monique's character to the depths of a prison basement.

But what will come of it?

Seriously, what will that teach Monique's character?

She already feels guilty, bad, and sick about it.

But, to feel... helpless?

That is the feeling that I have felt all too often.

To sit and watch something happen, and try to normalize it.

I guess that's what counselors call "trauma".

And every time I feel it coming up, and I have no "numb" response to counteract it... I get sick.

I feel like I'm going to throw up... and often times I do.

What do we do when we feel helpless in a situation?

Fumble?

Distract?

Reiterate?

Retort?

All of the above?

I think that nothing is worse in these situations than ignoring the "problem".

And it's hard not to, when you never want to face the issue.