I couldn’t disagree more. Self-harm is a common symptom of PTSD. Her experience reads like textbook workplace abuse leading to PTSD. Yes, a toxic work environment is absolutely a known cause for PTSD. So no, it is not an “extreme personality” to be driven to self-harm from a toxic work environment that involves instances of physical sexual harassment, belittling, and threats of firing.
This is where the victim rule comes in. She was (allegedly) victimized, and nothing about her story comes off as contrived or exaggerated. Nobody is saying to take LTT down and wipe them out, but like all victims who have come out she has the RIGHT to have her testimony taken at face value until or unless it is proven otherwise. Not in a court of law, but in the court of public opinion and people’s opinions of her. And yes, that means until we know otherwise, it is reasonable to judge LTT on this, especially because it is compatible with everything else that’s come out about them.
I feel like a lot of the people that are dismissing her allegations in the way OP did are failing to recognize that on top of everything you’ve pointed out in regards to what is alleged to have happened in the workplace, she moved from Arizona for the job, so on top of dealing with the workplace bullshit, she would have been greatly distanced from any of her family or friends that she could have relied on for help which could greatly affect how unbearable the situation would have been.
Yeah. I am trying not to get into specific triggering causes because I’m not an expert myself (just have those in my family), but isolation is definitely a factor in these situations, where a person feels unable to reach out or get out for an extended period of time.
I couldn’t disagree more. Self-harm is a common symptom of PTSD. Her experience reads like textbook workplace abuse leading to PTSD. Yes, a toxic work environment is absolutely a known cause for PTSD. So no, it is not an “extreme personality” to be driven to self-harm from a toxic work environment that involves instances of physical sexual harassment, belittling, and threats of firing.
This is where the victim rule comes in. She was (allegedly) victimized, and nothing about her story comes off as contrived or exaggerated. Nobody is saying to take LTT down and wipe them out, but like all victims who have come out she has the RIGHT to have her testimony taken at face value until or unless it is proven otherwise. Not in a court of law, but in the court of public opinion and people’s opinions of her. And yes, that means until we know otherwise, it is reasonable to judge LTT on this, especially because it is compatible with everything else that’s come out about them.
I feel like a lot of the people that are dismissing her allegations in the way OP did are failing to recognize that on top of everything you’ve pointed out in regards to what is alleged to have happened in the workplace, she moved from Arizona for the job, so on top of dealing with the workplace bullshit, she would have been greatly distanced from any of her family or friends that she could have relied on for help which could greatly affect how unbearable the situation would have been.
Yeah. I am trying not to get into specific triggering causes because I’m not an expert myself (just have those in my family), but isolation is definitely a factor in these situations, where a person feels unable to reach out or get out for an extended period of time.