Grey's Anatomy

There is no denying that Grey's is one of my favourite shows.  In the past it has been referred to as a "crygasm" and I totally agree.  I always look forward to discussing it with my select group of friends and family (mainly, 2 of you hahahah) and the episode tonight has mega inspired me to relate my learnings to everyone.  The next post I was working on had nothing to do with this but plans change... as I know very well.

Tonight's episode had the cast evaluating a girl who had been found after a fall in the woods.  X-rays and scans prove that the injuries she has sustained are resulted from long term abuse or torture.  It is revealed that she is the long-time missing/abducted child after finally escaping her captor.  She bonds with the first doctor to ask her what she wants/needs, rejects her parents because it's been ten-ish years even though she recognizes that they are who she should want to be with - despite her gut instincts after being 'brainwashed' and forced into a particular way of life for many years.

The parents wanted to rush in and hug her but she had to look to a doctor to see if that was something 'normal' or not.  She says she knows that she should want to be with them but that she misses her captor because he wasn't always mean.  When her situation was being referred to, Grey said, "someone who's been in your situation," and the girl immediately responded:

[Why do you do that?  What I've been through is kicked and raped and slapped and starved.  I get it... but it was my life.  I didn't get to talk to him about my life with my parents and now I don't get to talk to anyone about him.  I should be happy that I'm here and not there...]

The shame she was obviously feeling was so reminiscent of what was trying to be explained to Mike and me in our classes this week.  What an obvious way (even though it's an awful way) to convey what we learned.  The shame the adoptees felt when where they came from or what losses they sustained wasn't acknowledged sounded so much the same as what the girl from this episode was saying.  Yes, the show was a fictional drama... but would anyone doubt that a trama like that would make someone's mind fight with itself in such a confrontational manner?  Why would the trama a kid suffers and represses from being given up by their biological parents and living the beginnings of their lives in an orphanage not create a parallel type of confict???

Damn you Grey's Anatomy for evoking another crygasm.  Mum, thank you for discussing it with me immediately, and Candy, I can't wait to talk to you tomorrow hahahaha!