Audio and printed extracts of the short stories feature in BATTLE:CRY. I wanted to see if fiction could be used to disassemble these negative stereotypes and build greater empathy and understanding towards those experiencing PTSD”. The broader impact on family or friends is often absent, and there are few insights into symptom management or a path to recovery. According to Lynn, “We commonly see the ‘broken hero’ stereotype – where PTSD remains in the shadows, the ill-explained trigger of outbreaks of anger or violence – in fiction and drama. Spanning a century, the stories in Stepping out of the Shadows take the reader beyond the current stereotypical portrayals of PTSD, aiming to offer a broader, more holistic picture of what it means to be affected by trauma. The artworks have been created by fellow UCA PhD researcher Dr Jennie Jewitt-Harris, who explores psychological and medical issues and how experiences influence and shape us, through collage, painting, and installations and by sound artist Oliver Jewitt-Harris, whose sound artwork responds to the PTSD triggers in the short stories, demonstrating their insidious and invasive nature for the sufferer. The stories are Hamilton’s creative response to her PhD research into the portrayal of PTSD in fiction. The exhibition explores the experiences of combat PTSD and is an artistic response to Stepping out of the Shadows, a collection of short stories by Dr Lynn Hamilton due to be launched on 6 th October this year. BATTLE:CRY opens at the James Hockey Gallery at UCA Farnham on 26th September.
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