Keep Pain in the Past
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Heal Psychological Wounds on Your Own Move on from the emotional trauma of your past: Contrary to what many people believe, we can recover from emotional trauma relatively quickly and completely on our own, without thousands of dollars spent on therapists. Whether it’s extreme trauma such as sexual abuse or the horrors of war or less dramatic shame and guilt, we don’t need to spend years in intensive therapy to recover. Keep Pain in the Past provides a process that enables you to do most, if not all, of the recovery on your own. Train yourself in psychological self-healing: While most people know what can be done to treat physical ills—like using ice on a muscle sprain—they don’t realize they can apply certain psychological principles to treat anxiety, depression and other conditions. Keep Pain in the Past teaches you the critical 21st century skill of treating psychological wounds on your own. Treat yourself and heal old wounds: People may suspect that trauma from their past is affecting them negatively, but they take refuge in denial because honestly, surfacing that pain hurts. Keep Pain in the Past helps you identify and face pain, and find closure on your own. Learn from the success of others: Discover how Sheri, a 37-year-old attorney, recovered from panic attacks that seemed to come out of nowhere. Follow the journey of Mark, a 29-year-old Army veteran who experienced the horror of war in Afghanistan, as he healed from the downward spiral that had caused him to lose his job and become increasingly uncommunicative with his family. Explore how Melinda, a 42-year-old professor who struggled to sustain a romantic relationship, confronted her torturous childhood and has now found love that is still going strong after three years. Keep Pain in the Past achieves what conventional therapy does not. After reading this book, you will be able to: Confront your emotional baggageReach closureDiscover a life unhaunted by the trauma of your past
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“Heart-tugging stories, sage advice and insightful questions make this a must-have book for anyone suffering from PTSD or any other trauma. With masterful writing, the authors help the reader let go of the past, live in the present and, perhaps most important of all, look forward to the future.”
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•Have you been prescribed any medications to help you deal with the problems stemming from your trauma? What are the medications, and how effective have they been, both in addressing the short-term symptoms as well as in helping you to heal and lead a fulfilling, successful life?
If you have tried medications, I hope that they helped at least somewhat. Zoloft, Prozac, Wellbutrin, Abilify, Seroquel, Effexor, Trazodone, Ambien, and others are all typically prescribed for a diagnosis of PTSD. Again, I think medications can assist in trauma treatment, but as you may have experienced, medications may work, but only until you stop taking them, either because you don’t like the side effects, hate being dependent on them, or even become frustrated with the whole process. Medications may help with some trauma symptoms, but as soon as you stop the medications, your symptoms will return. As previously referenced,3 most medications will help some, however, without the addition of effective psychotherapy, all medications are prone to a relapse in symptomology when the medication is stopped.
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