…on is when I’ve suffered from PTSD and had people tell me that they didn’t believe that it existed. To know that something is true, such as suffering PTSD or racial discrimination or sexual discrimination or any such thing and to have people dismiss it as a fiction, is one of the most profound cruelties ever created.Even more so, I imagine, when people attempt to dismiss said history as fiction or folklore.71ybsmaR belaCClay RiversJun 19, 2017·1 min readDon’t forget those who know –isms (pick your favorites) exist, lie to the contrary, and then help perpetuate it.