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#339463 - 09/02/10 09:12 AM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: LordShiningStarr]
cureav Registered: 08/10/10 Posts: 21	Originally Posted By: LordShiningStarr One of my favorite movies, also deals with Child Abuse, but really isn't a "Healthy" alternative. "Sleepers." But then I have a twisted mind, so I guess, it's my wish fulfillment, since I can't go around shooting people. While the imagry is desturbing, and sometimes can really trigger me. I do enjoy watching the scene where the main antagonist get's shot in the restaraunt near the beginning of the film. The other good one that I find to be extremely healing was a made-for-tv movie called "I know my first name is Steven." It's about a boy who is kidnapped, and kept hostage for years, but finally escapes his kidnapper and get's reunited with his family. I find it to be healing, and good. It was based I believe on a true story, and is very very tastefully done. (i.e. even though you know what's going on, I don't get triggered, if at all.) Alright, that's my two cents. Have a good Day, Gentlemen. Lord ShiningStarr Thanks man, "Sleepers" was the first trigger thing that I knew something is telling me, but didn't know what. I was frozen and felt born again with revenge scene! Downloading right now "I know my first name is Steven"
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#339489 - 09/02/10 01:25 PM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: cureav]
pufferfish Moderator MaleSurvivor Registered: 02/26/08 Posts: 6161 Loc: USA	Yes, Thanks LordShiningStar and cureav Those films also helped me: Sleepers I Know My First Name Is Stephen I found another 2 films which deal with kidnapping and thus helped me: Ransom with Mel Gibson and Brawley Nolte I'm Not Scared. I'm Not Scared is an Italian movie about kidnapping. The outcome of the movie is uplifting. It always brings out a lot of emotion in me. Both of these movies show violence. They helped me to "visualize" myself in an ultrabad situation and to come out alive. In Ransom, they show the boy tied to a bed and in great distress. Seeing that still brings out a lot of emotion in me. I believe that my crying as I see that is relief of my emotional burden and therefore healing. Allen pufferfish Edited by pufferfish (09/02/10 01:35 PM)
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#339492 - 09/02/10 02:04 PM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: pufferfish]
Dogs&Gods Member MaleSurvivor Registered: 03/22/10 Posts: 49 Loc: The Mighty Mitten	Stand By Me based on the Steven King book The body. Kiefer sutherland played the perfect perp. type. Through the movie I longed for the the tight group that the 4 boys had as a friendship. Well accept for the leach scene. HA HA _________________________ Remember Dog is God spelled backwards: The dogs in my life were the first ones to hear my pain and lick away my tears.
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#348243 - 12/15/10 08:51 PM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: Dogs&Gods]
pufferfish Moderator MaleSurvivor Registered: 02/26/08 Posts: 6161 Loc: USA	I found another one. A Painted House, based on a novel by Grisham. These movies help me to see myself. My loss of self as a boy is revisualized as I watch this. They bring back the lost "me". I think what I have had is depersonalization disorder, although it's a bit different than described in the official books. Here in this movie, a boy is the central character. He is almost the same age as I was and he was living in times almost identical to those of my boyhood. All the cars, and the clothing and everything is like it was. The setting is even on a southern farm, like that of my grandparents. In fact we had a 53 buick the same color as the one in the movie. The boy actor (Logan Lerman) did a good job as Luke. His>
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#350020 - 01/07/11 09:29 AM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: cureav]
brokenleg Registered: 01/05/10 Posts: 65	Sleepers is my trigger as well. I had watched it with my friend while I was in high school. I stayed numb for a while after movie had finished. I loved shawsank redemption. There will be always hope altough it seems not.
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#350088 - 01/07/11 09:09 PM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: brokenleg]
Mountainous Buck Greeter MaleSurvivor Registered: 12/15/09 Posts: 1556 Loc: Minnesota	Life As A House The Celebration (Danish) Mystic River _________________________ We have to take responsibility for what we're not responsible for. MUST READ for new men here : http://www.malesurvivor.org/docs/FirstStepstoGetHelp.doc “It doesn't matter where you've come from, It matters where you go" Frank Turner
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#352027 - 01/26/11 12:24 PM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: Mountainous Buck]
fhorns Member MaleSurvivor Registered: 08/10/02 Posts: 595	I saw "Tangled" 3 times so far with my daughter, and I cried all 3 times. In it I picked out a teenager being hidden from the world by a "mom" (really a witch) for her "good". She's being hidden since her hair has life giving powers, and the witch is hundreds of years old now. The scene that caught me first: she's dreamed her whole life of freedom, and when she almost gets what she's sought, her rescuer asks, "what do you think of it?" "I'm..... terrified" "Why?" "Because I've been thinking about this my whole life.......what if it's not what I expected?" "Well, that's the good part about dreams.......you can always make new ones." My 6 year old daughter has given me the LOUD look each time which says "why are you crying?" It's adorable, and it makes me cry more. Never thought I'd post that. Alfred
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#352515 - 01/31/11 11:44 PM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: fhorns]
cpt. confusion Member MaleSurvivor Registered: 01/26/04 Posts: 159 Loc: midwest	It may be a holiday movie, but the Polar Express is a must for me around the holidays. It brings such a warming reminder of the wonderment and sense of adventure that a child should be free to feel... warms me up every time. Radio Flyer - When this came out I was very close in age to the characters, and wished with all my might that I too could build a flying wagon to escape everything bad in my life... this one can be tough to watch, but i think its a great survivor flick. _________________________ "Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use." -Carlos Castaneda *WoR Alum Sequoia I-March '11 Alta II, September '11
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#352530 - 02/01/11 09:43 AM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: pufferfish]
WriterKeith Registered: 12/30/10 Posts: 694 Loc: southern California	Indeed, this is a great list of movies to check out. I suppose I may be a bit out of step with the throng, but the film that speaks to my inner self is Hitchcock's "Psycho." Support group meets Thursday nights in the fruit cellar. _________________________ Keith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfvAPZGjds
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#352782 - 02/04/11 09:38 AM Re: LIST OF HEALING MOVIES [Re: WriterKeith]
LordShiningStarr Registered: 08/02/08 Posts: 11 Loc: Normal, IL	Hello all, I got a major trigger receintly from a Daytime Soap Opera. On the daytime soap General Hospital, one of the male characters confessed to his mom, Carly and her best friend Jason, that he had been raped in Prison. I've been watching the show ever since. I want to watch as Michael goes threw the healing process, only because the scene caught me close to home. Serious trigger. My roommate spent a very sleepless night that night. Lord ShiningStarr _________________________ Sincerely, Lord ShiningStarr
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