I was a Social Worker off and on for over 10 years at various non-profit agencies. One of them, the first one (where I did my internship at the age of 41 with 4 children and a husband) was for the very agency that I had put myself into as a foster child at the age of 14. How is that for kismet? I mention this because most health care workers will say that the person who has gone through the same experiences as their clients are the most empathic to their needs. I always had a special space in my heart for the Veterans that I found homes for who had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As a child growing up (until my mother's untimely death when I was 11 years old) we would live with various grandparents, or a dear Great Aunt until my mother would find work. We would have to sleep 3 to a bed, my mother, my sister, and myself. Then we even had that bed in an outside garage for some time before she could afford an apartment, or until our next often trip back to either New York or California to live with a different set of grandparents. The odd thing about having PTSD is most people really do not know they have it at the time because the negative emotions just sneak up on us, replacing the loving, healthy ones. Our lives just get dimmer and dimmer until we cannot quite remember when there was light, or a sense of self-love and happiness. This is why my own (twice) PTSD journey can be compared to an open door of healing opportunities, where that door had been nailed shut before filled only with bad memories, and grief. I must warn you that if you start on the path of self-realization it just may connect you to a love force so deep, and strong that you will never be the same person again! After going through all of the chapters you read in this book, you will come to the last one. That is the 'prize, ' the ultimate gift at the end of the road. I hope you can find it, too!
About the Author: Want to know more about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? Contact me for a free inspired poetry consult. As an experienced Social Worker skilled in Veterans PTSD, victim turned victor twice of PTSD (once as a child losing my mother to suicide and then as a mother) I share the healing of negative emotions (one or two at a time in rhyme) that make it a safe place to heal. We stay in the "present while not reliving any trauma.) What comes next is the connection to our Higher Power (Jesus/Sovereign Lord Emmanuel is mine) that transforms sorrow into strength to help self and others regain peace and joy. I use this process through giving Workshops on PTSD Healing in Inspired Poetry. My published books and over 300 articles (mostly in rhyme on PTSD) are at: http: //RisaRuse.com. My book, PTSD Poetry, Qigong, Kundalini Reiki Universal Energy Healing Hands Book, https: //www.createspace.com/5289024 is a great tool for either group or self-help purposes. It has chapter topics organized for easy review. "PTSD Healing Poetry Restores Joy And Prosperity" http: //www.CreateSpace.com/3479936 is my own anthology of the healing process in rhyme that was inspired from the Divine, (Jesus is mine!) My other books are in rhyme for children to connect in easy to understand Christian based Scripture in rhyme and morality through fun costumes and art. Their aim is to help children grow up to be loving, kind people through my artwork and costumes my children wear in my ABC book that teaches simple, fun Christian Spirituality entitled, "Children Nurtured by God's ABC's" http: //www.CreateSpace.com/3480587 . Lastly, nurturing mother of twins book, entitled, "Breastfeeding Twins And Nurture Self To Prevent Insanity" http: //CreateSpace.com/3480064.