Adult Trauma

Are you feeling overwhelming resentment toward your narcissistic mother? Do you feel frustrated because you can’t seem to find a way to heal and establish loving relationships with others? Award-winning author and narcissistic-abuse survivor Nanette Abigail knows a thing or two about this sensitive issue, laying out the crucial tools she used to create safe havens and find mental clarity for herself, and with her help, you can, too!

Dacă alte studii despre această afecțiune pornesc de la ipoteza transmiterii genetice, în volumul de față accentul cade pe felul în care societatea și emoțiile modelează realitatea pacienților. Apelând la cercetări de ultimă oră și la exemple din propria experiență, Maté arată cum pot fi reglate emoțiile și cum poate fi ADD ținută sub control. Dinamica familială și relațiile cu lumea, alături de înțelegerea propriilor mecanisme interioare sunt doar câteva dintre coordonatele care pot fi îmbunătățite cu ajutorul acestei lecturi fundamentale.

Adult Sons of Narcissistic Fathers is a compassionate, informative, and practical guide designed specifically for men who are grappling with the lasting effects of having a narcissistic father. This book delves into the unique challenges faced by sons of narcissistic fathers, offering a safe space to explore the impact of narcissistic abuse on self-worth, trust, and the ability to form meaningful connections.

Child genius Becky Bexley helps to organise a lot of fun at the university she studies at, including a humorous game in front of an audience for charity. She also turns out to have a talent for stand-up comedy, surprising perhaps, since she's only about eleven. Alcohol comes up for discussion one day as students talk about embarrassing things they did while drunk and the harmful effects of alcohol on the body, while Becky mostly listens in.

Donna Bevan-Lee had a tough childhood. When her father was feeling playful, he roped her by the foot like a rodeo calf, yanking her to the ground every time the rope connected. In darker moods, he did far worse, his brutality excused by a complicit church. The abuse she suffered had profound and lasting consequences.

Life as a teen can feel like one big pressure cooker — school, friendships, family, social media — it’s a lot. When stress or anxiety hits, it’s easy to feel stuck. Maybe you’ve tried deep breathing, journaling, or therapy — but nothing seems to truly help.

In Your Recovery, Your Life for Teens, addiction specialist Claudia Black presents a comprehensive program for exploring how your life experiences have influenced your substance use and addresses the problem through guided self-reflection. You'll be equipped with a variety of skills from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and grief work, so you can gain the upper hand in your battle with substances.

Do you find it hard to trust people? Perhaps you imagine how they might hurt you before you even begin to explore a relationship… Your trust issues have to do with your attachment style, and that’s something that cemented itself long ago… but you’re not attached to this forever: It’s something you can change. Find out how to be in adult relationships that are truly healthy and fulfilling. This engaging therapy workbook for adults is the relationship book you need to get you there.

For professionals, including psychologists, counselors, and educators, Rising Beyond Bullying Trauma is a valuable resource for addressing the emotional impact of bullying. This book is an invaluable tool to recommend to clients or use as a starting point for discussions about resilience and growth. By blending relatable storytelling, actionable exercises, and universal principles like self-love and empowerment, it offers a fresh approach to tackling this widespread issue.

Desde que su madre se casó de nuevo ha obligado a Alexa a vivir un infierno. Al menos así es como lo ve ella: su madre es controladora, está llena de amargura y odia a su propia hija. Su única esperanza es acabar la carrera de Derecho para independizarse y ser libre por fin, pero cada día se siente atrapada y llena de angustia. Es entonces, en el momento más oportuno, que Cameron se convierte en su chófer.

"Once begun, listeners will find narrator Maggie Thompson unstoppable."—School Library Journal (Starred Review) Noni Reid has grown up in the shadow of her mother, Dr. Radiance Castine, renowned scholar of Black literature, who is alarmingly perfect at just about everything. When Dr. Castine...

Große Gefühle vor der Küste Schottlands: Wild wogen die Wellen um die kleine Hebrideninsel Orasay, wo Leonie bei ihrer Mutter Zuflucht sucht. In Leonie dagegen ist alles verstummt, denn sie trägt ein Geheimnis mit sich herum, das sie fast erdrückt. Erst die Begegnung mit einem jungen Mann, der mit einem wilden Delfin schwimmt, weckt ihre Neugierde. Schritt für Schritt locken Tam, der Delfin und die Magie der Insel Leonie zurück ins Leben, und sie öffnet sich dem faszinierenden Insulaner, hinter dessen sturmgrauen Augen ein stiller Schmerz lauert.

Knisternde Romantik unter nördlichen Sternen. Eigentlich wollte Alma nicht mehr als Hebamme arbeiten. Doch nach ihrem Umzug von Frankfurt in die schwedische Kleinstadt Nora wagt sie einen Neustart in der Praxis ihrer Tante. Ihre Arbeit bereitet ihr endlich wieder Freude, umso mehr, als sie bei einem Hausbesuch den Bruder der werdenden Mutter kennenlernt. Liam Hansen geht ihr so schnell nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Er scheint ihre Nähe ebenso zu suchen, und die großartige Natur rund um Nora verstärkt die Anziehung. Doch Liam darf auf keinen Fall erfahren, was in Almas Vergangenheit geschehen ist.

In Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba … and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food. To help ease her mami’s nervios, Yvonne becomes a perfectionist from a young age, achieving high grades at school and mastering the piano. But as her Cuban family members openly make comments about her puberty, Yvonne enters a new phase of self-consciousness that begins her obsession with weight.

Herzen haben keine Knochen, sie können nicht brechen - oder etwa doch? Von der Trailersiedlung in die Welt der Rich Kids: Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter bleibt der 18-jährigen Beyah nichts anderes übrig, als zu ihrem Vater zu ziehen. Dem Vater, den sie kaum kennt und der mit seiner neuen wohlhabenden Familie auf einer Halbinsel vor der texanischen Küste lebt. Wider Erwarten birgt die Welt der Schönen und Reichen mehr Überraschungen, als Beyah je gedacht hätte. Speziell Sonnyboy Samson scheint Abgründe in sich zu tragen, die ihr gar nicht so unbekannt sind.

Teen assassin Isabel Ryans now works for Comma, and she’s good at it: the Moth is the guild’s most notorious killer, infamous throughout the city of Espera. But Isabel still craves normality, and she won’t find it inside the guild. She moves in with a civilian flatmate, Laura, and begins living a double life, one where she gets to pretend she’s free. But when Isabel’s day job tangles her up with an anti-guild abolitionist movement, it becomes harder to keep her two lives separate.

When 16-year-old Amy returns home, she can't tell her family what's happened to her. She can't tell them where she's been since she and her best friend, her cousin Dee, were kidnapped six years ago - who stole them from their families or what's become of Dee. She has to stay silent because she's afraid of what might happen next, and she's desperate to protect her secrets at any cost. Amy tries to readjust to life at "home," but nothing she does feels right. She's a stranger in her own family, and the guilt that she's the one who returned is insurmountable.

Nach einem Motorradunfall soll sich der 17-jährige Timo im Rehabilitationszentrum Markwaldhof von seinem schweren Schädel-Hirn-Trauma erholen. Schnell stellt er fest, dass sich merkwürdige Dinge im Haus abspielen: Der Wachkomapatient, mit dem er sich das Zimmer teilt, läuft nachts herum, spricht - und droht damit, Timo zu töten, falls er anderen davon erzählt. Und allmählich entdeckt Timo an sich selbst Fähigkeiten, die neu sind: Er kann Dinge, die er nicht können dürfte. Weiß Dinge, die er nicht wissen sollte.

Zazoo, almost 14, is Vietnamese by birth but feels entirely French. She lives with her adoptive grandfather, who brought her form Vietnam to his village in France when she was just two years old. Life with Grand-Pierre has always been filled with poetry and shared adventure, following the predictable rhythms of the season. Then one misty October morning, a boy on a bicycle rides into Ago's small French village and asks a question from which many stories begin to unfold.

Trauma is an inevitable aspect of life. You or anyone you care about has almost certainly been through trauma, whether it was "big-T" trauma like mental, physical, or sexual assault, or "little-t" trauma like divorce, loss of employment, terrible childhood events, or any scenario where you seemed worthless, frightened, or helpless. But we can recover. It doesn't have to be a lifelong process. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy that has been shown to help individuals recover from trauma and enhance their quality of life.