Solaced: 101 True Stories About Corsets, Well-Being, and Hope

Solaced: 101 True Stories About Corsets, Well-Being, and Hope

Thereâ€™s been a resurgence of corset wearing in the past 30 years. You may have wondered why, because fashion trends donâ€™t normally persist so long.

One little-suspected part of the answer is this: Corsets relieve sufferingâ€”for some people. This book contains testimony from 101 of them, most of whom had tried other remedies. You have likely not heard of therapeutic corsetry because itâ€™s unglamorous. Fashion magazines arenâ€™t inclined to bring it upâ€”it would be like mentioning Dr. Schollâ€™s in a spread on Manolo Blahnik shoes.

The number of wearers who benefit is small and quiet but ever-growing, in step with an increasing medical recognition of corsetryâ€™s positive role in otherwise-intractable casesâ€”or sometimes merely as a more patient-acceptable alternative to a back brace.

This benefit is not only structural. Some hard-to-treat and debilitating psychological disorders can be alleviated. These include eating disorders, postpartum depression, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

â€œDeep touch pressure therapy,â€ a term coined by Temple Grandin over 40 years ago, describes the calm associated with gently squeezing or swaddling the body. Originally developed to calm cattle, deep pressure therapy is now widely accepted as a non-invasive solution to soothe and calm children with autism in the form of weighted vests and blankets. Today, many adults with autism, depression, and anxiety disorders attest that a corset provides a discreet, portable, and autonomously controlled embrace.

The corset-wearers quoted herein say they experience something similar: a friendly embrace or helpful hug that supports and solaces them.
Country USA
Manufacturer Middlow Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-05-08
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Middlow Publishing
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-05-08
Format	Kindle eBook

Solaced: 101 True Stories About Corsets, Well-Being, and Hope

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