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Fear. Anger. Guilt These words are repeated over and over throughout this book. Every day is a constant battle for many. A battle to survive. How can you battle your own mind? PTSD Inner Demons, like its forerunner, PTSD No Apologies, contains emotional stories of PTSD survival. PTSD is not limited to combat veterans only. Anyone who has faced intense trauma or abuse is at risk. YOU are NOT alone.

Suicide rates among Army soldiers increased 80 percent between 2004 and 2008, according to a recent report published in Injury Prevention. In the last several years, the number of soldiers returning from the Middle East with mental and physical wounds has continued to climb. According to Dr. Simon Rego, a supervising psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center, "Unlike any other time in history, U.S. military suicide rates now appear to have surpassed those among comparable civilian populations. It is therefore critical that we address this emerging public-health problem."

No matter what life has been like, at some point or another we all have the same question: Why does God allow bad things to happen? Grief, loss, and trauma affect each of us, and there are times it feels like the pain will never end. Yet hope, healing, and inner peace are not only possible, they are promises that our good God has made—and will keep. In this compassionate book, licensed counselor and domestic violence survivor Kimberly Haar leads you through a transformative journey of healing.

"Understanding PTSD: A Complete Guide to Coping, Healing, and Recovery" is an authoritative and comprehensive resource designed to shed light on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and provide effective strategies for managing and overcoming its challenges. This guide delves into the multifaceted aspects of PTSD, exploring its causes, symptoms, and the profound impact it can have on daily life and relationships.

Your definitive trauma-sensitive guide to working the Steps: skills for understanding your addiction, processing your trauma, and navigating your recovery journey—the anticipated companion to Trauma and the 12 Steps.

This book is especially pertinent to weary migraine warriors - migraineurs, anxiety sufferers, depression carriers PTSD victims and those that are curious about the miraculous Daith Piercing that “cures migraines”. Recent studies have shown that this, surprisingly simple technique can have radical positive effects on migraine and other conditions, without the use of drugs. VNS Daith Piercing - Not Just for Migraine is a companion guide to ensuring that one receives the correct kind of daith piercing when seeking out this curious but nonetheless highly effective treatment.

If you are healing from your history of childhood sexual abuse, you may be feeling like a hamster running around on a wheel, unable to escape your own self-destructive tendencies. Trust and superficial intimate relationships are common in adulthood for many survivors. You will discover the tool that helped the author to lower the effects of the trauma and brought her to the emotional state needed to deal with every aspect of life.

Anyone can form close, trusting relationships that make them feel safe and secure. In spite of the fact that you may have had a number of failed relationships in the past, you can still develop a lasting romantic partnership. Understanding the links between adult conduct and childhood experiences is the first step to improving intimacy and closeness in any relationship. Attachment theory is a powerful tool for change, combining conventional teachings with an understanding of subconscious habits.

Demystifying trauma, Lisa Collins, EdD, teaches you how to identify and interrupt unhealthy responses through learning, discovery, and reflection so you can reclaim your joy. With a variety of exercises and insights from the author's own journey, you will learn how to address past experiences that unknowingly weigh on you. This book helps you foster a deep personal relationship with yourself and address emerging internal challenges. In no time, you will be skillfully navigating the often unacknowledged traumas we all face, transforming harmful energies into healing ones.

Contrary to long-held belief, trauma is not only caused by exposure to a single, extreme event. The cumulative effect of common stressors that we encounter in our day-to-day lives can have an equally significant impact on our mental and physical well-being. From difficult childhoods, to bereavements, pregnancy and childbirth, and even stressful jobs, traumas - both large and small - are a part of life we can't control, but we can change the way we respond to them.

This groundbreaking self-help guide is your companion through the complex aftermath of psychological abuse, silent trauma, and emotional erasure. Whether you’re recovering from a toxic relationship, years of gaslighting, codependent patterns, or the invisible weight of complex PTSD, this book gives you language, validation, and practical tools to find your way home to yourself.

If you've experienced long-term or repeated trauma-such as childhood abuse or neglect, domestic violence, betrayal, or prolonged emotional abuse-you may struggle with intense feelings of sadness, anger, anxiety, shame, and distrust toward others.

Have you lost all desire to do anything with your life now that your spouse is gone? Are you so worried about the future that you’re having anxiety attacks? Do you find it hard to eat right and sleep well because you’re drowning in sorrow? You may have gone back to work to occupy your mind, but you realize you can’t focus. You feel empty and hollow inside, and it feels as though you’re sleepwalking through life. You just can't bear the sadness, constantly yearning for his or her presence.

In 1987, Angela Findlay walked into a prison and instantly but inexplicably felt at home. For years she had wrestled with a sense of 'badness' within her. But working with prisoners was just the beginning of her search for answers that took her to Nazi Germany and the life of her dead grandfather, who, it emerged, was a decorated general on the Eastern front. In a rare confluence of memoir, psychology and historical detective story, this is Findlay's account of her unflinching quest for the truth about her German family.

I'm Gretchen Carlson, and while I'm not a medical doctor, I am someone who has suffered from PTSD and has been able to overcome the debilitating symptoms by using the strategies I've provided in this book. This book is a product of passion, driven by my desire to share insights and extend support to others!

Rompe el ciclo del trauma generacional de una vez por todas. Las heridas emocionales son complejas e infectan la mente, el cuerpo y el espíritu. Su impacto se extiende a gran velocidad a otros miembros de la familia, afectando así a todo el linaje. A esto se le conoce como trauma generacional, y provoca que las personas sean complacientes, que se involucren en relaciones codependientes y que experimenten culpa, tristeza, depresión y ansiedad. La doctora Mariel Buqué, reconocida experta en trauma, creó esta innovadora guía para transformar el dolor en abundancia generacional.

As a Black woman, Jasmine Marie knows the impact that intergenerational trauma and systemic racism have had—and continue to have—on her community. Those experiences, along with her own journey through chronic stress, are why she created black girls breathing®, a movement dedicated to helping Black women understand the power of the mind‑body connection and its impact on their holistic health, one breath at a time. In Black Girls Breathing, Jasmine Marie offers you the power of breathwork, and the revolutionary nature of slowing down and turning inward.

Having suffered the unimaginable loss of her first husband and child, Lindsay Nicholson worked her way up to become the most successful lifestyle magazine editor in Britain. But when a would-be suicide ran in front of her car, the pages of her picture-perfect life fell apart once more. In just one year, Lindsay lost her marriage, job and home, and was even arrested. Suicidal and suffering from profound PTSD, she tried medication, therapy and New Age courses – until she found the answers she was looking for in the pages of her former magazine.

Do you find yourself plagued by anxiety or depression? Do you struggle with your body image? Do you often feel stuck in destructive and toxic patterns and cycles? Trained psychotherapist Emmy Brunner has the ultimate 11-step programme you need to identify and overcome unresolved trauma negatively impacting your mental health and preventing you from being the happiest version of yourself.

Male sexual abuse occurs far more commonly than previously suspected, yet too few victims ever seek support. Countless remain silent. They cope through avoidance, isolation, substance abuse, hyper-masculinity, etc. Men Too: Unspoken Truths About Male Sexual Abuse is for male survivors and their supporters. It is an educational, heart-wrenching look at 13 male sexual abuse victims experience, written from the perspective of a retired police officer and registered psychologist. Men Too highlights the complex and unique barriers boys and men face during and after abuse.