Book Review: Transforming Trauma by Heather Herington, NMD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition we associate with war veterans who have been physically and mentally traumatized in the course of their military operations. For not a few veterans the traumatic event(s) they experienced triggered an overwhelming state of fear and anxiety that their brains would not and could not process adequately. Subsequently these individuals face a state of hypervigilance, hyperreactivity, avoidance of triggers reminding them of the trauma, and continuous reexperiencing of the event(s) mentally. The overbearing fear and anxiety cause nightmares, temper tantrums, anti-social behavior, and inability to live life purposefully. PTSD is not, of course, limited to military personnel; all first responders and emergency workers are subject to similar events of violence and endangerment, setting up a triggering trauma. Non-professionals, especially refugees fleeing war zones, as well as victims of terrorism are also at high risk from encountering one or more experiences subjecting them to PTSD. Serious accidents and natural catastrophes pose long-term mental risks for survivors.










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