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Summary: PTSD - Vietnam and beyond
Review: A wonderful book.
We tend to associate PTSD with Vietnam Vets, and the term was first coined during the seventies, after the War, but PTSD refers to trauma of whatever kind, from whatever source.
There are some wonderful reviews from people who have found the book to be helpful in their own recovery, and that was one of the things that made me buy it. I was not disappointed.
Even among my Vietnam Vet friends, who range from Marines and combat medics to Army Nurses and Red Cross Donut Dollies, there is a great deal of variation in how they experience PTSD.
As many of the non-Vet readers will know, trauma is trauma, whether it is combat-related or not, and this book approaches it in that way.
One Vietnam Vet friend who worked on the IWCS system in Thailand (troposcatter long haul communications) suffers from PTSD, even though his support role to the Vietnam-based forces technically kept him out of harm's way.
Whether you are interested in self-healing or in understanding the pain of others close to you, this book is a wonderful place to start.
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Summary: Great Resource!
Review: As a sufferer of PTSD, I find this book to be one of my saving graces. When things get rough, I pull out the book. (it actually has its own place on my nightstand!) There are so many great techniques and explanations included that are in real english and easy to read and understand. I wish I could have found it a year ago!
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Summary: Excellent - A Masterpiece
Review: Dr. Schiraldi has a gift for making this very complex condition simple to understand. I think this book will be very useful for both the people suffering from trauma and the mental health professionals who help them. It is an oasis of practical principles and skills with many useful, detailed instructions. It leaves me with a feeling of hope, that much can be done to reduce the suffering of PTSD.
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Summary: Thank heavens for this book! And Dr. Schiraldi...
Review: Have been with PTSD for 7 years now. When I came across Dr. Schiraldis book on this very site, I didn't know what I was in for! - Most precise and compassionate information, so much help I'd never dreamed of, and the best possible of tools to learn how to cope - how to live with PTSD, and to start overcome it.
I'll never forget how chapter one begins, "PTDS results form exposure to an overwhelmingly stressful event or series of events.... It is a normal response by normal people to an abnormal situation". How I needed to hear that! While everybody thought I'd gone mad, including myself.
Later, I told my shrink about this phenomenal book, I said to her: "Finally, a "user's manual - a book for the man on the floor"... and she'd laugh and comment that I must have gotten somewhere, saying that!
Now - dear Mr. Shiraldi, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have no idea just how much you have helped me!
(Pray this book will reach many more - no one could get better help/information/advice/suggesions than what this book provides!
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Summary: An excellent survival guide for anyone with PTSD
Review: I had gone through so much sadness, suffering and despair before coming across this book by chance. When I started reading it, it was as if I had awakened from a long coma, as if I was stepping out of a thick fog. Finally everything was starting to make sense! Schiraldi's writing style is clear and to the point, friendly without being patronizing. His description of the illness and treatment methods inspired me strength and confidence, now I know I can beat this thing! I very highly recommend this book to anyone who suffers from PTSD, as well as to all those who study this illness, there's much to learn from it. Thank you, Dr. Schiraldi, you don't know how much your book meant to me!
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Summary: Such a relief !
Review: I purchased the e-book version and I found myself looking forward to reading it. I found it gives you sense of security ie. it helps you identify and name what you are going through, but most of all I found this book effective as if in front of a therapist.(it will not substitute him/her) but it gives you a lot of insight and help when most you need. I found that slowly I was looking forward to another day without going around with this immense sense of guilt and sadness after being constantly abused by my ex husband. This book has honestly given me back the joy and meaning to my life. I can plan ahead now and most of all it is teaching me how to take care of myself first. I am finding my self esteem is slowly but surely going back on track which is amazing. I would honestly recommend this book to anyone, before even trying to buy any other workbook that there is out there in the market. The reason I say this because it really lays down the basics one needs to know what goes on inside you when you suffer from PTSD. Hope other people will find this book as life saving as I did!
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Summary: Recovery Begins with Knowledge
Review: I purchased this book in April after beginning therapy and first being diagnosed with chronic PTSD. I have suffered multiple traumas in my life: This book has been an excellent supplement to my therapy. It has helped me see fully realize the extent of my symptoms and also to see how the secondary symptoms have affected my relationships with others and thus gain perspective on much of the criticism I have endured through the years from colleagues and peers. PTSD affects all areas of the sufferer's life, including interpersonal relationships, school, the workplace, and the home. I am only now understanding how my PTSD has affected my life, and beginning to get a glimpse of a more positive future ahead. Futhermore, it has helped me to see that a positive support system is essential to recovery, and I do not have that within my family, so it will have to be cultivated from my friends. I also highly recommend this book for its straight forward, no nonsense style. I am a graduate business student at a top program and upon my diagnosis, I was able to integrate reading "Sourcebook" in with my heavy courseload without feeling like I was wasting time on a publication that was too much talk and not enough solution.
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Summary: Recovery Begins with Knowledge
Review: I purchased this book in April after beginning therapy and first being diagnosed with chronic PTSD. I have suffered multiple traumas in my life: This book has been an excellent supplement to my therapy. It has helped me see fully realize the extent of my symptoms and also to see how the secondary symptoms have affected my relationships with others and thus gain perspective on much of the criticism I have endured through the years from colleagues and peers. PTSD affects all areas of the sufferer's life, including interpersonal relationships, school, the workplace, and the home. I am only now understanding how my PTSD has affected my life, and beginning to get a glimpse of a more positive future ahead. Futhermore, it has helped me to see that a positive support system is essential to recovery, and I do not have that within my family, so it will have to be cultivated from my friends. I also highly recommend this book for its straight forward, no nonsense style. I am a graduate business student at a top program and upon my diagnosis, I was able to integrate reading "Sourcebook" in with my heavy courseload without feeling like I was wasting time on a publication that was too much talk and not enough solution.
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Summary: Thank you God
Review: I purchased this book initially because I was interested in the subject. Not a medical person or psychiatrist of any sort, I just thought it was something that I would enjoy looking into. For those that know how the subconscious works, you'll appreciate the fact that I discovered that I was a victim of PTSD while delving into the subject. It was as if the universe was trying to tell me something. All I can say is that it opened my eyes and changed my life in ways I never knew possible. For those interested in fiction dealing with a topic along these lines (and also Dissociative Identity Disorder) I would recommend reading a book called "Bark of the Dogwood" by Jackson McCrae. It's an intricate study of PTSD and packs quite a wallop.
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Summary: great book for learning if you have PTSD
Review: I suggest the PTSD workbook for treatment, though. It is the best psychological self-help book I have ever read. We all have some degree of PTSD.
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