How is it possible to grasp stories and meanings communicated through bodily and emotional pain? Here, you will meet women who master the art of embodied storytelling. Through symptomatic expressions, symptomspeak, they share critical messages about Kosovo’s violent past and, through the past, about both the present and the future that are otherwise difficult, if not impossible to hear.
Utterances of Distress
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Headache
Worries
Sadness
Blood pressure
Nervousness
Pain
Sleeping problems
Stress
Back pain
Impaired eyesight
Heart problems
Stomach pain
Paralysis
Neck pain
Breathing problems
Chest pain
Feeling cold
Dizziness
Eating problems
Losing one’s mind
Fear
Heat
Losing consciousness
Lack of energy
Nightmares
Noises in the head
Suicidal thoughts
Tiredness
Claustrophobia
Collapsing
Cramps
Diabetes
Losing one’s head
Pressure