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# Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Paperback – May 30, 1997

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    THE book to understanding trauma and depression
  

*by I***H on Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2013*

I have suffered from severe, debilitating depression for several years as a result of a trauma that is actually completely unrelated to what this book focuses on. Despite not having suffered trauma due to a rape, war or kidnapping, I found this book to be life-changing. I looked and searched endlessly for in-depth information to explain why I feel the way I do, and until this book, there was absolutely nothing out there. I came across countless webpages, medical literature, books, shows, blogs, essays, research papers, medical sites, and none explained WHY. A great deal of them focused on symptoms, but only general symptoms that could apply to a great deal of things. Besides, I already knew what my symptoms were. Another significant portion were dedicated to veterans and PTSD. I would read them, but again, they would still only discuss things on a very superficial basis. Blogs would talk about what medications people took, and arguments would ensue about who had the worse story. Medical literature would delve into explanations of which receptor and which brain lobe shrunk or expanded, and shock rates of rats. Why was there no simple explanation for why people feel these symptoms when suffering from trauma? I even asked my psychiatrist that I see twice a week -I would beg him to explain to me in detail what I had, why I had this, when I would get better, and why I experienced these awful symptoms. He would always respond the same way.... that I had "complicated depression," "complicated grief," and that I had "experienced a severe trauma." Any symptom I specifically asked about, was just a "symptom common in trauma." Was there just NO explanation?Based on my past experience with being let down, I had little faith this book would be able to explain what I have been going through for several years now, ESPECIALLY because it focuses on trauma related to rape, war, kidnapping. "Trauma and Recovery," however, explains trauma in a way that relates to EVERYONE and explains it in GREAT DETAIL. The detail and depth was beyond any hope I had or anything I could have imagined. It brought up points that I did not even consider, and thoughts that made me learn a great deal about my affliction. In fact, this book brought to light answers and closure for issues that I had tried to address with my $300/hr psychiatrist for the past 3 years. I thought to myself, "wtf?! what took my doctor so long and why has he been torturing me about this???!" Yes - this book WILL drum up emotions, and it did cost me plenty of tears and opening of wounds that were supposedly healed over, however, I definitely needed to understand the answers to these questions in order to move on.This is an ideal book to have your family, spouse, significant other, or other supportive individual read. A great struggle for me, and one that has brought me much pain, is feeling as though I constantly have to explain myself and my actions/affliction to my family. They are actually the most supportive people anyone could ever hope for, yet they STILL can't understand what it is that I am going through or why I do the things I do. It is an awful feeling. I begged them to read this book, they didn't unfortunately, but I truly believe that if you love someone who is going through PTSD, depression/trauma/grief, you would show amazing support in reading this to help them.In terms of what I have, and how this helped me.... I have experienced ups/downs, cycles of feeling great, then feeling terrible, not being able to get out of bed or my home for days even weeks, withdrawing socially, unable to work for several years, feeling unbelievably overwhelmed by the littlest of things, losing track of time, barely able to keep up with anything, uninterested in anything, no form of romantic relationships whatsoever, flashbacks to the event(s), extreme fatigue, uncontrollable sobbing, anxiety, hopelessness, chest pain, accelerated aging, feeling like something in me has permanently changed and I'm not "me", indifference, guilt. This is the foremost work in bringing to light the underlying cause(s) for these symptoms and why/how trauma affects us differently that just plain depression.If you need this book, I send you my prayers and wish you the best in your or your loved one's recovery.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Still relevant and compelling, 20+ years after its original publication
  

*by C***T on Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2016*

This was a groundbreaking book in the 90s, and although the extant literature has expanded considerably since it's publication, the books itself has stood the test of time.  It is my go-to for issues related to trauma: It is well-organized, chapters are exceptionally well-conceptualized and well-written, and the text itself is well-supported by research findings.  Absolutely amazing--I'll read it again and again, and often recommend it to those working with trauma as well as individuals who just want to understand traumatic reactions and the context in which they occur a little better than they do, currently.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A very nice text
  

*by Y***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2016*

I enjoyed reading this text. It reads more like a professional in the field conversing about her experience in the field of trauma counseling rather than a dry informational piece. I feel that if you can engage the readers in the material without sacrificing accuracy of information, you can reach a much wider audience with the material than you would with something super formal with a very high reading level. The book does a fine job of getting the reader to visualize the experience of being a traumatized individual, and of the barriers encountered in getting the help and closure needed. This will be one of the books I hang onto and read again.

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