Is There Love After PTSD?

"Raw, honest, and deeply moving-this book hit me in ways I didn't expect." Reader review ¿¿¿¿¿"Saved my marriage" Reader review ¿¿¿¿¿Is There Love After PTSD? is about tellingMany of us have never been allowed to tellIs There Love After PTSD? is about DoingWhere von der Kolk discusses his exploration of PTSD from the outside in, Aj shows you PTSD from the inside out.: What is it Really Like? To have PTSD and survive and flourish.. In Is There Love After PTSD?, AJ lets you see the inside of Neurodivergence through the individual personal expressions of Growth, of what it's like to start again with fragile Love.What My Bones Know: "you don't move on from trauma - but you can learn to move with it." Aj: "you can't think your way out of PTSD by denying its realities."Supersurvivors: grounded hope "as building one's choices on a firm understanding of reality." Aj Tedeschi and Calhoun's concept of Posttraumatic Growth to share the joy of realizing that life is different but it can also be incredible.Is There Love After PTSD? is for Everyone who ever wondered: What's it like?PTSD is not a Forbidden WorldPTSD is not an Unfathomable MysteryHealing begins when we rewrite the Stories to expose our own realitiesHealing continues when those realities become "OK" in our own understandingTrauma is described in the DSM as an "event that is generally outside the range of usual human experience." The power of Story takes us from our aloneness in a world that wants us to be "like we were before," to a reality that is comfortable for each individual. When we write who we are, telling our own stories we become more real in our own individual worlds. PTSD is no longer a mystery; WE are no longer mysteries.Are you lovable? OF COURSE you are!So many trauma sufferers believe they are unlovable; this book demonstrates that that simply is not true.Love for Is There Love After PTSD?"... made me feel seen and understood...It's like having a guide who gently walks beside you..." Reader review ¿¿¿¿¿AJ's vulnerability and the voices she shares create something real and unforgettable. Reader review ¿¿¿¿¿"witness and embrace the complex, often beautiful process of becoming whole again. Reader review ¿¿¿¿¿