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It took me 37,287 words to describe the impact sexual trauma in the military has had on my life. It has taken me over 30 years to come to terms with my experience where I can now write about it and speak about it. I want to educate people about rape in the military. Perhaps I will be able to help others by sharing my experience. To keep silent just perpetuates the violence and reinforces the culture of rape that has been accepted in the military. My insight in this book will be helpful to both practitioners helping veterans and to other veterans suffering from sexual trauma as well.

Frequentemente, as pessoas dizem que a pandemia de COVID-19 não tem precedentes. No entanto, de um modo geral, ela tem semelhanças com outras pandemias, com outras doenças e com outros estresses e traumas. De fato, cada situação de estresse e trauma ajuda a esclarecer todas as outras. Estamos no limiar de criar uma ciência de estresse e trauma. Neste livro indicamos como a atual pandemia se entrelaça com essa ciência, beneficiando-a e contribuindo com ela.

As first responders and military, we are the heroes for everyone else. We are first on the scene to emergencies at home and abroad. So what then do we do when we are drowning and searching for breath? What do we do when we can't escape the shadow that follows us in the sun and the darkness? What do we do when our world is spinning out of control and our world is falling apart? I know this world. I lived under the rough seas and the shadow of PTS(D) for 10 years. As a Navy Rescue Swimmer with service in the special operations community and as a firefighter, I embraced the suck!

From a young age, Ali Rothrock fell head over heels in love with firefighting. But when she entered the fire service, she was ostracized by those who weren't willing to accept a girl into their ranks. In the years since, Ali has worked as a domestic violence and sexual assault counselor, an advocate for abused children, an inspirational speaker, and a crisis counselor for first responders. On her journey of recovery, she has collected other people's stories of resilience. After Trauma is a story of adversity, grit, defiance, choice, and hope.

A gripping retelling of sexual abuse, adventures backpacking through India, a difficult marriage, tales from behind the prison fence, and the rebirth through doing hard things in beautiful places. The poetic nuances invite the listener to live inside an anguished mind as it thrashes from trauma to triumph, and how one woman used her pain as a source of strength and to become an ultramarathon runner.

In Reggie Ford's bold reassessment of the Black experience in America, he demonstrates that a new understanding of PTSD is required. PTSD, or Perseverance Through Severe Dysfunction, as Ford defines it, underlines the darkness of mental illnesses and behaviors that impact young Black men and have plagued Black Americans for generations. But his reassessment is not doom and gloom. Instead, Ford implores that we turn pain into peace. Ford uses his own traumatic experiences to inform his call to action.

Die Leute sagen häufig, dass die COVID-19-Pandemie beispiellos ist. Aus der Vogelperspektive hat es jedoch Ähnlichkeiten mit anderen Pandemien, sogar mit anderen Krankheiten und mit anderen Belastungen und Traumata. Tatsächlich beleuchtet jede Situation von Stress und Trauma alle anderen. Wir stehen vor einer Wissenschaft von Stress und Trauma.

Viele Menschen machen in ihrem Leben emotional belastende Erfahrungen, sei es in der Kindheit oder im Erwachsenenalter. Doch manche Erlebnisse sind so traumatisch, dass sie sich nur schwer verarbeiten lassen und oft verdrängt werden. Traumata können eine verletzte Seele das ganze Leben lang verfolgen und verschiedene Symptome sowie Störungen auslösen. Deshalb ist es wichtig, sich als Betroffener mit seinem Trauma auseinander zu setzen und Unterstützung in Anspruch zu nehmen. Nur so ist ein unbeschwertes und glückliches Leben möglich.

This is not a book for the faint of heart; it is for those who are so afraid to say what they really mean or want to say. Broken allows you to be you. It allows you to be broken. We are so beautifully and gracefully broken. Connect with yourself and connect with others by seeing the beauty in one another. This book will take you on that journey to discovering yourself and discovering the beauty that lies within you and within others. Allow yourself to be wowed as you, hopefully, will come to know that we are all the same—broken little twigs.

CAMI ZULUAGA, influenciadora colombiana, tuvo un episodio depresivo muy fuerte y descubrió que también sufre de codependencia, un trastorno que la hace tener relaciones tóxicas. En este inspirador libro nos cuenta su proceso de rehabilitación, y con ejercicios, consejos y actividades, nos comparte las herramientas que la ayudaron a salir adelante. Aprender a amar(me) nos va a enseñar a tener relaciones amorosas y saludables, empezando por la más importante: la que tenemos con nosotros mismos

Many of us remember where we were in the moments of 9/11, however few of us can say we personally know someone who was impacted by this tragedy. Payton Lynch, the author of Rise from the Ashes: Stories of Trauma, Resilience, and Growth from the Children of 9/11, shares the story of her husband Jon Lynch and other 9/11 surviving children. Their stories are a few of the 3,000 stories (not including the 2,000 adult-age people who lost a parent that day and the countless others who have gone on to lose a parent due to 9/11 illnesses) that need to be told.

The effects of abuse on a child can cause long-term, often hidden heartache to that child, especially as they travel through adulthood. Acting out, bad decisions, and constant flashbacks take the child on a road that includes confusion, secrets, and the inability to understand adult relationships. Living through the mental trauma of covet abuse is difficult, and may take a lifetime to overcome. Join the author, as she shares how therapy helped her discover the unusual form of child abuse that she’d suffered, and how she rediscovered a sense of normalcy.

This book is the compilation of selections from over four books of poetry written by Steven W Bates and has been created specifically as a resource for www.poemspeak.org to contain only poems written about the struggles and situations created by living with PTSD, depression, and suicidal thoughts. It is the purpose of Poemspeak and the author to provide the listener with awareness that they are not alone in the hardships and hazards of these conditions, and that they can survive, and thrive, while still learning to cope with and manage life with PTSD and depression.

Der Begriff „Trauma“ begegnet uns im Alltag immer häufiger. Der Begriff wird sehr schnell verwendet, denn wie oft haben Sie schon die Aussage gehört „das war traumatisch“? Jeder erlebt Traumatisches auf eigene Art und Weise und manchmal verändert es uns so sehr, dass uns das Trauma unser Leben lang begleitet. Der Weg aus dem Trauma ist lang und beschwerlich. Durch Traumata fühlen wir uns ausgeliefert, machtlos und alleine.

If you're a trauma survivor or someone living with PTSD, you're not alone. Author, international award-nominated speaker, and mental health advocate Jessi Beyer is a fellow survivor and has helped thousands of people discover alternative ways to reclaim their lives. Now she's here to help you find a path to healing through nine powerful integrative methods. How to Heal is a complete guide to a range of healing methods that can serve as effective additions or alternatives to traditional talk therapy.

This book is a true account of how I personally came back from the abyss of depression as well as two attempts at committing suicide 2019. After many challenges in my life, which included a brutal divorce, estrangement from my children, my business falling apart, being alone for the first time, and trying to date again at 52, I went to a very dark place. The emotional scars left over from a failure and as it was explained to me "a death of a relationship" ran very deep. Deeper than I could have ever imagine.

Das 3in1-Bundle: Krisen und Herausforderungen im Leben gelassen entgegenblicken. BUCH 1 Trauma heilen Sie haben einen tiefgreifenden Schicksalsschlag erlebt, der Sie aus der Bahn geworfen hat? Sie tragen seitdem ein Trauma mit Folgesymptomen mit sich herum und finden keinen richtigen Umgang damit? Sie wissen auch nicht recht, an wen Sie sich wenden sollen oder wer Ihnen bei der Verarbeitung des Traumas helfen könnte?

As a true story told through dual perspectives, a powerful love ignites amidst the chaos in a combat zone between Baghdad and Abu Ghraib, Iraq. Two young soldiers from completely different lives unite together on a deployment - mostly under the privacy of mosquito netting, since fraternization was frowned upon. Jennifer was more timid about needing to keep their relationship private, whereas Ryan didn’t take well to orders and was rather experienced in manipulating the system.

When citizens regard peace and safety as a right, communities need soldiers, police, corrections officers, paramedics, firefighters, and front-line hospital personnel - key responders. But the human mind is not always able to cope with day after day, month after month, year after year of filling this role. Special Operations Forces and civic policing brought Jon Archambault to his knees at the wall of trauma. The book is a gesture akin to extending the hand that saves a life.

Is anxiety holding you back? Does it get in the way of your relationships, work, and even everyday mundane tasks? This audiobook was created to help deal with anxiety because we know how it feels to have it take over your life, but it doesn’t have to rule your life! Take back control, be proactive, and learn some exercises that can help you stay calm in stressful situations, find calm when you are triggered, and help you stay present and focused when your brain and body declare war!