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Tales of the Super Survivors

By David Brooks — 2015

Human beings are more resilient than we’d earlier thought.

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There Is Always Trauma in the Room

I’ve done a little bit of work with soldiers returning from Iraq and have worked with domestic violence shelter workers on issues of vicarious trauma.

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Sharon Salzberg
2009
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Posttraumatic Growth Proves You Can Be Stronger After Trauma

As a society, we think about mental health in binary terms. Either someone is OK or they are not.

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Ken Falke, Josh Goldberg
2019
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How veterans’ struggles can lead to post-traumatic growth

In the wake of repeated deployments, visible and invisible injuries, and repeated disconnection, our service members and their families are struggling ― struggling to be well, to connect, to feel, to adjust and to stay together.

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Bret A. Moore, Ken Falke
2018
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What Is Post-Traumatic Growth?

Traumatic experiences don’t always have to result in long-term negative consequences. Research proves that exponential growth can actually result from traumatic events instead.

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David Smith
2017
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PTSD Treatment Options

Although there are a number of treatment options for PTSD, and patient response to treatment varies, some treatments have been shown to have more benefit in general.

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Defense Centers of Excellence
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Veterans with PTSD Struggle to Parent, But Help Is Available

The loud, chaotic realities of raising young children can be a huge challenge for military parents with PTSD.

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Meghan Holohan
2019
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How PTSD Became a Problem Far Beyond the Battlefield

Because PTSD is a natural response to danger, it’s almost unavoidable in the short term and mostly self-correcting in the long term. Only about 20 percent of people exposed to trauma react with long-term (chronic) PTSD.

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Sebastian Junger
2015
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Finally Figuring Out What Helps Troops with Posttraumatic Stress

The tools that work so well are neither complicated nor expensive. They’re interventions that ping on the primitive structures in the brain, where posttraumatic stress sits and wreaks its havoc. These are tools like guided imagery, relaxation, meditation, hypnosis, and breath work.

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Belleruth Naparstek
2009
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Note to Colleagues: Please Stop Saying Post Traumatic Stress Is Incurable

You can recover from posttraumatic stress. Certainly, you can significantly reduce—not just manage—its symptoms. But—and here’s the thing—not with traditional treatment.

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Belleruth Naparstek
2010
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Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD)