Der hr1Dancefloor Spezial 'Tanz in den Mai' - es war ein Fest mit Euch!

(TLDR: Thoughts on trauma with a relevant open question at the end.)

I wanted to take a moment and talk about trauma responses and how we, as people, try to get our needs met in a state of trauma.

What happens when we try to create areas that are 1 ) not trauma inducing and 2 ) are trauma informed while still experiencing trauma?

Trauma, in general:

When we're in a traumatic situation, we learn a lot of maladaptive responses. By that I mean we learn things that help us push through and/or survive the situation, but that damage healthy relationships. This is one of the earlier things that people in trauma recovery learn: "Let go of what no longer serves you."

Examples of things like this: it is common an abusive relationship to be told to Document Everything. Paper trails, possible camera recordings, etc. to keep yourself safe. BUT! When you transition from "unsafe" to "safe", these same behaviors are typically really invasive to your new partner, even if they understand why you're doing what you're doing.

Multiple spaces:

One aspect of trauma recovery focuses on what happens when the traumatic event ends. You've left your abuser, you've started to having savings after a life of poverty, etc. The skills and processing that happens here is different from enduring the trauma while it is still happening.

I think about this a lot, and heavily, at Nivenly (and it's projects, like Hachyderm ) and others. Because the world is currently very trauma inducing and it is very difficult to ask people to unlearn patterns that hurt them, when they've been reinforced that those are the only patterns that are successful.

I do have more things I'd like to say, but in the now I want to pivot to a public discourse to hear what you have to say.

* How do you recognize when you're in a trauma free, but trauma informed, environment?
* What do you do when you want to participate in, organize/run, or create these environments?
* Or what are any general thoughts you have?

Scope broad: not just online, not just "events" like conferences, just a very open discussion

Let's try this handy mnemonic in a sentence: "Poilievre's hyper-partisan style lost to the collaborative efforts of the Liberals, NDP, Bloc and Greens, who got over their petty arguments to work together, and win." #cdnpoli #bettertogether #neverpoilievre #getoverit #notoneseat

DER hr1-Dancefloor zum ersten Mal im KUZ Kreuz Fulda

Alle Infos
https://www.hr.de/presse/programme-und-veranstaltungen/2025/der-hr1-dancefloor-kommt-zum-ersten-mal-ins-kuz-kreuz-nach-fulda--v1,der-hr1-dancefloor-kommt-zum-ersten-mal-ins-kuz-kreuz-nach-fulda-100.html

Freu mich auf Euch!

I'm so thankful for Pixelfed's growing team, we now have designers, app developers, devops and project managers that are working together on some pretty amazing things!

We're thriving together, and I couldn't be happier to delegate roles and control to those more experienced

Let's talk a little bit about how people can work together. This isn't when times are easy - oh we agree so things are great! - I mean when we disagree. When times are hard. When people do things that are harmful, but to be clear not to the degree of harmful that there's no path back to community and back to working together.

To keep our communities together and inoculating against splitting (see link), what do each of you do? Not what you say or tell, but what you do and feel comfortable doing.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/peaceful-parenting/202307/a-narcissists-freakiest-weapon-delusional-amnesia

Alte und neue Gesichter. Bei den Stage Fries tut sich was…
Stay tuned

#stagefries #jungestheater #neuesstück
#selbstgeschrieben #neuesstückneuesglück #theater #ensemble #ensembleliebe #bettertogether #theaterlife #theaterliebe #theaterpädagogik #alibotheaterpädagogik #alibotheaterschule #alibotheatertanz #performance #velbert #alibotheaterschulevelbert #masken #maskenarbeit @alibo

Video is a few minutes in length, worth a listen.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF0pXGbys_k/

Towards the end she makes a comment about class solidarity, which reminded me of a topic I like to talk about: communities. Communities working together, pooling resources, and supporting each other. While spreading information about community support, and raising awareness, is very important (and most of what social media is, when communities and social media overlap), doing work in your communities is important for them to survive.

What work will depend on what the community is doing and what skills the members of the community can provide and need to source. Maybe the community is a literal garden, and it needs to be watered, weeded, and harvested. If the community garden only has people who spread the word there's a garden, but not people who plant, water, weed, and harvest, then there will soon be no garden.

Abstracting this out, when times take a turn for the worse, it is important to remember to prioritize your communities. Communities are how we survive hardship and thrive in abundance. Community action, moreso than individual action, is how we support each other, ourselves, and create change.

Prioritizing our communities can feel like a recipe for burnout, especially when a rapidly increasing number of us are feeling resource constrained for an ever increasing number of reasons. The strongest communities are built by those who know what activities nourish their souls and support their communities by doing those activities.

Perhaps it nourishes your soul to volunteer at your local soup kitchen. Perhaps it nourishes your soul to provide snacks and water at your local protests. As an overly specific example, I have a friend who specializes in data and supports her local community's homeless services by ensuring that services are being provided in areas that reach where the homeless population is currently distributed.

The point is: know yourself. Ask your communities what help they need, assess your skills, determine what help you can provide, and follow up by doing it.

Da man offenbar auch die grundlegendsten Selbstverständlichkeiten ausformulieren, aussprechen und unterstreichen muss: Ich bin Mitglied in einem Berufsverband, auch weil dieser ein „Manifest für Vielfalt“ formuliert hat, hinter dem ich in jedem Punkt uneingeschränkt stehe. Das zu betonen fühlt sich ein wenig an wie sich vorzustellen mit „Hallo, ich bin der Flo, ein Mensch“, aber so sind die Zeiten. https://www.bdg.de/themen/good-work/manifest-fuer-vielfalt/ #BDG #BetterTogether

hr1-Dancefloor heute

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'Leuchtreklame' - Irgendwo in Rom, kurz vor Weihnachten: Zusammen sind wir besser (We're better together) #FotoVorschlag #Leuchtreklame #zusammen #together #Fotografie #LED #photography #BetterTogether #Schaufenster

This election, let’s choose unity over division! We’re stronger together, beyond the hate and fear.

Stand for respect, empathy, and progress for all.

@KamalaHarrisWin @KamalaHQ @DemocracyMattersALot @womensvoices @lgbtq

BAD ORB es war WUNDERBAR

This election, let’s choose unity over division! We’re stronger together, beyond the hate and fear.

Stand for respect, empathy, and progress for all.

@KamalaHarrisWin @KamalaHQ @DemocracyMattersALot @womensvoices @lgbtq

KOMMT TANZEN!

TIckets und Infos

https://www.hr1.de/events/der-hr1-dancefloor-in-bad-orb,hr1-dancefloor-bad-orb-100.html