H, me to you wrote a book called what my bones know, and it's a memoir about healing from complex p t s t. Can you explain post dramatic stress disorder? You can get p t s d from a single dramatic event or over years of drama. My complex petiest m come specifically from a extreme physical and verbal abuse and neglect. Having complex petest has made me very eager to help others like heal from trama.
Psychologists are worried that "trauma" is losing its meaning. A trauma survivor says they shouldn't be.
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