Surviving Trauma

The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes-in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous. If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul, and body. This book is a practical guide to recovering from lingering childhood trauma. It is copiously illustrated with examples of the author's and his clients' journeys of recovering.

The Book That's Transforming How We Heal Our Most Fundamental Relationship Have you ever felt that, despite your mother's love, something essential was missing? There are truths we whisper, uncomfortable secrets we keep. Perhaps none is as difficult to voice as this: sometimes, our mothers didn't know how to love us in the ways we desperately needed. For many of us, questioning maternal love feels almost sacrilegious. But if you've found yourself here, you likely sense that something fundamental was missing from this core relationship – and that recognition, however painful, is your first...

IF YOU’RE FEELING TRAPPED, MANIPULATED, AND EMOTIONALLY DRAINED BY TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS… Then it’s time to uncover the path to freedom and healing! Do you constantly doubt your self-worth due to a narcissistic partner or family member? Are you struggling to heal from the emotional scars left by toxic relationships? Do you feel isolated and unsupported, and long for understanding and a way to reclaim your life? If you said yes to any of these questions, then “Healing Beyond Hurt: A Self-Help Guide for Overcoming Narcissistic Abuse and Toxic Relationships” can help! Narcissistic ...

Her body is thawing, and the smell of death is oozing from her. I want to be sick, but I say nothing. I watch like I was told. Good girls, listen. I want to rub my legs clean; I want a shower. Startled when my mom announced she was done. I finally see. Even though I was watching, I did not truly see. I say nothing. I sit and watch. Wishing for heaven too. Survival is all I can think of, I must do as they say, or I will be next. I am trying to be strong but failing many times. Will I leave the summer alive? will I get to start 8th Grade? I was finally able to tell on my parents. Now I am ...

Unlock the secrets to healing after infidelity. Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to truly rebuild trust and find peace after the devastating experience of being cheated on? Are you reeling from the pain of betrayal? Discover a path to healing and reclaim your life with our exclusive bonus guide. Infidelity can shatter your world, leaving you engulfed in confusion, anger, and heartache. The whirlwind of emotions may make it feel impossible to envision a future free from pain. But you’re not alone—many have walked this path and emerged stronger, more self-aware, and ready to ...

The classic work on the enduring effects of childhood trauma “Rare and compelling in its compassion and its unassuming eloquence.” —New York Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of...

Some bridges are built for crossing. Others are built for burning. She grew up in a house where love was a transaction, silence was a weapon, and survival meant learning how to disappear. Every smile had conditions. Every hug had an expiration date. And every mistake was proof she’d never be enough. But even in the quietest corners, a spark survived. Burning the Bridge I Was Born On is the unflinching story of a daughter who refused to inherit the wounds that raised her. Told with the pace of a novel and the punch of truth, it takes you from the sharp edges of a childhood spent under ...

You weren’t crazy. You were conditioned. If you’ve ever been love-bombed, gaslit, discarded, and then replaced like you never mattered—this book is for you. How to Spot a Narcissist Before He Destroys You is a brutally honest, empowering guide for women who are tired of being emotionally manipulated, silenced, and broken by men who pretend to love them. Whether you’re stuck in a trauma bond, constantly questioning your worth, or trying to understand what the hell just happened, this book will wake you up—and walk you out. Through 11 deeply revealing chapters, Astrid Star breaks ...

Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma offers clinicians a new framework for understanding the symptoms and coping mechanisms displayed by survivors of childhood abuse. This approach considers how characteristics such as suicidality, self-harm, persistent depression, and anxiety can have roots in behaviors and beliefs that helped patients survive their trauma. This book provides practitioners with case examples, practical tips, and techniques for applying this mindset directly to their most complex cases.

One moment can change everything. For Danielle, it was a late-night drive home from a music festival with her fiancé, Shane—a drive that ended in a devastating car accident. Shane’s last moments were spent calling out for her, ensuring rescuers would find her in time. His sacrifice saved her life… but nothing could save her from the grief and trauma that followed.

Break the silent cycle of childhood trauma and heal your nervous system with tools for Complex PTSD recovery. If you look highly functioning on the outside but battle chronic anxiety, emotional numbness, or exhausted people-pleasing, you are not broken. This gentle, affirming audio experience...

How to Help My Wife Heal After Infidelity. A Practical SAFE Framework to Rebuild Emotional Safety, Restore Trust, Navigate Trauma Triggers, and Create a Stronger Marriage One Day at a Time. Your affair broke something. This book shows you how to help rebuild it — one honest day at a time. If you're reading this, you already know an apology isn't enough. You've said sorry. You've promised it will never happen again. And yet your wife still cries at unexpected moments, still asks the same question for the fifth time, still flinches when your phone buzzes. You want to help her heal, but ...

Using the trauma responses of flight, flight, and freeze, Dr. Kristy guides you on a path to choose how you will respond to the pain and trauma in your own life. Along this journey, you will have the opportunity to move from being a victim of your circumstances to being a survivor who walks in wholeness. Will you join me?

BOOK 1: 'WHEN BETRAYAL CHANGES EVERYTHING: Your Essential Guide to the First Six Months After Infidelity and Betrayal Trauma' You found out. Now what? The discovery of a partner's affair doesn't just cause pain, it reorganises reality. The world you were living in five minutes ago no longer exists. The one you are now in hasn't yet taken a shape you can understand. When Betrayal Changes Everything is the guide for the first six months: the shock, the sleepless nights, the questions that circle without resolution, and the impossible decisions that arrive before you are in any state to make ...

AWARD-WINNING NOVEL - First Place Gold Medal Winner – 2025 Readers' Favorite - Finalist – 20th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards A Powerful Award-Winning Historical Family Saga Inspired by a True Family Story of Resilience, Family Secrets, and Survival For more than eighty years, Stella carried secrets she could never tell. In 1920, four-year-old Stella, a shy yet spirited tomboy, lives a seemingly ordinary life in Columbus, Ohio, with her parents and three siblings. Her world is shattered when her mother abruptly leaves the family for another man. Faced with the impossible task ...

Within every community, toxic people can be found hiding in families, couples, companies, and places of worship. The cryptic nature of psychological abuse involves repetitious mind games played by one individual or a group of people. Psychological abuse leaves no bruises. There are no broken bones. There are no holes in the walls. The bruises, brokenness, and holes are held tightly within the target of the abuse.

I spent three years of painful IVF injections fighting for our family. He spent it auditioning my 26-year-old replacement. For twelve years, Weston was my safe place. He was the reliable, steady husband who held my hand through the darkest days of postpartum depression and the agonizing reality of infertility. We built a life, a home, and a miracle daughter. Then came the Friday night he sat on the far end of our couch, stared at the floor, and told me he felt like he was dying in our house. He wasn't dying. He was just living a double life. For nine months, while I was washing his clothes ...

The messianic beliefs of radical LDS fundamentalists Dan Lafferty and his brother Ron drove them to commit an unspeakable crime.This is a riveting, raw, and unfiltered look at the Lafferty family saga from a daughter who lived it, and of her journey to self-love and forgiveness. Rebecca Lafferty...

Imagine, if you will, a disease - one that has only subtle outward symptoms but can hijack your entire body without notice; one that transfers easily between parent and child; one that can last a lifetime if untreated. According to Dr. Paul Conti, this is exactly how society should conceptualize trauma: as an out-of-control epidemic with a potentially fatal prognosis. In Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic, Dr. Conti examines the most recent research, clinical best practices, and dozens of real-life stories to present a deeper, richer, and more urgent view of trauma. 

Updated Edition - 2026, with charts and illustrations. To Hell, Back, and Beyond is the raw, unfiltered story of a man shattered by trauma, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury—and the long, painful road to healing that followed. Don Mingo takes readers inside panic attacks, depression, ministry wounds, and the invisible battles of a nervous system stuck in survival mode. This is not a polished Christian memoir. It is a survival story grounded in lived experience and hard-earned understanding of how trauma affects the brain and body. Blending faith, neuroscience, and mental-health insight, ...