Halloween 2018

CBT and PTSD (feat. CBT practitioner R. Trent Codd)

Kasey Pierce
8 min readOct 28, 2022
SPhoto by Camila Quintero Franco on Unsplash

In the graveyard in my mind, where my unfulfilled, dollar store-quality “genius” ideas are buried, lies Sweatin’ Through the Latex. Nick Castle (Michael Myers) and Robert England (Freddy Krueger) show the Gen Xers how to shred those pounds they’ve been holding onto since the 2008 financial crisis. Put on your old rubber Reagan mask and get let’s get physical!

And none of that breathable, hockey mask Kevlar crap!

I tease Gen X but that’s only because they’re my favorite. They’ve built a lot of resilience from being raised on the horror classics of yesteryear. They’re not even afraid of that financial aid officer that’s been hiding in the tree line behind their house for the last 20 years.

However, it’s something else that’s been bothering Boomer Laurie Strode of the Halloween franchise for over 40 years. Well, it should because her threat is still real. That said, let’s revisit the last decent film in the series. Halloween (2018). Some of you horror fans may be thinking “decent” is even a stretch…

The strained Strode family dynamic is well-established towards the beginning of the film. What’s interesting is that Karen actually does say that she…

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Kasey Pierce

Editor of forthcoming “Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius” and “365 Ways to Be More Stoic”. Writer/creator of sci-fi comic series, “Norah”.