Showing posts with label traumatic events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traumatic events. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

#TakeBackYourLife from trauma. I did!

Crossposted from PTSD Patrol
Special post for PTSD Awareness Day I cannot think of a better day to explain why I do what I do. I am a survivor! Not once, twice or even five times, but this will give you an idea of why I work as hard as I do, devoted so much research and get so pissed off!

It is the reason for this site, Combat PTSD Wounded Times, all the books, videos and articles, training, research and yes, my marriage that has lasted over 3 decades!

If you have PTSD, no matter what caused it, you need to hear this. If nothing else, this is the one message you need to get today of all days, because all the bullshit out there has been blocking what could change your next day.


Yep! #TakeBackYourLife from trauma. I did!
This may shock some of my friends but, if you read the book, FOR THE LOVE OF JACK, HIS WAR MY BATTLE, then you already know all of this. (PS original book was in 2003 before this became a billion dollar industry for people making a lot of money off our suffering.)

Monday, September 8, 2008

Do survivors of traumatic events share certain traits?

'I closed my eyes ... and waited to die'
Deborah Scaling Kiley remembers the screams, the sight of water turning red as sharks devoured a man who had been with her as their yacht sank. But she lived. And so did Ma Yuanjiang who drank urine and ate paper as he lay buried in earthquake rubble for a week. These and other survivors share certain traits, a researcher says. full story