Trauma: A Memoir

Trauma and emotional damage are widespread, harmful, and costly public health concerns. They have no boundaries with regard to age, gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. The effects of traumatic events impact individuals, families, and communities. Although many people who experience a traumatic event will go on with their lives without lasting negative affects, others will have difficulties and experience traumatic stress reactions. How someone responds to a traumatic experience is personal. If there is a strong support system in place, little or no prior traumatic experiences, and if the individual has many resilient qualities, it may not affect his or her mental health. Research has shown that traumatic experiences are associated with both behavioral health and chronic physical health conditions, especially those traumatic events that occur during childhood. This is often referred to as childhood traumatic grief. Sudden, unexpected deaths trhouh violence, accident, illness or natural cuases can have a very lasting effect on both children and adults. Unfortunately, repeated incidents continue to traumatize individuals, families, and communities, be it mass shootings, suicides, domestic violence or even divorce. Those left behind struggle to find their way out of these horrific situations. Through this memoir and the proceeding books, readers will learn: *How truamatic events alter conduct/actions. *Inspiration to help reverse the conduct and overcome emotional damage. *First hand, real life tips for maintaining a healthy mental and emotional lifestyle. *How one person restored their life; ultimately healing from trauma. Trauma is a must read memoir for any parent, teacher, husband or wife as well as anyone who wants a clearer undersatnding on how to cope with and navigate through traumatic events. This memoir teaches one to love, live and smile again.