Teen Trauma

Our brains are doing their best to help us out, but sometimes we get hurt instead. And sometimes we hurt people we love, too, because we just don’t know what to do with all of our feelings. With humor and patience, Dr. Faith G. Harper shows you the science behind why your brain is acting up and ideas for new ways to respond when you’re feeling scared, sad, anxious, or angry. You can train your brain to be your friend and help you live a happy, calm, and healthy life.

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.

Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes. What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she’s supposed to tell someone what happened but she can’t. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.

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.

In the Dominions, the dead linger, violent and unpredictable, unless a bonesmith severs the ghost from its earthly remains. For bonesmith Wren, becoming a valkyr—a ghost-fighting warrior—is a chance to solidify her place in the noble House of Bone and impress her frequently absent father. But when sabotage causes Wren to fail her qualifying trial, she is banished to the Border Wall, the last line of defense against a wasteland called the Breach where the vicious dead roam unchecked.

You remember the dreams you had when your child was born. The innocence and You remember the dreams you had when your child was born. The innocence and possibilities. But lately, things have taken a troubling turn. Sure, you do your best to keep up appearances in public. But you live in constant worry about what’s happening behind your teenager’s closed bedroom door. Now it’s time to turn the tide with The E.M.B.R.A.C.E. Parenting Method.

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.

This inspiring workbook, "Healing from Abusive Past for Teens," will assist you in moving past your trauma while also serving as a reassuring reminder that you are capable and resilient. Healing is possible, and triumph comes with it. True accounts from other teen survivors have been included in this book, and hearing them will reassure you that you are not alone. You will also find tactics and activities that are practical and proven to help you heal emotionally and reclaim your sense of self.

Best-selling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about and advocates for survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published 20 years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless.

Identify what triggers you, change how you react, and tame your stress through these 5 strategies that help you recover mentally and physically. Teenage trauma – resulting from experiencing or witnessing abuse or violence – can take away all semblance of normalcy from your life, changing your days into a prolonged nightmare.

Charlie Kroft’s job at the crisis center means she’s often seen as a hero: she’s helped countless people climb out of the deepest pits of personal despair. But when one phone call thrusts Charlie into the spotlight, she must contend with the hidden pain that drives her…and with the mysterious stranger who knows the truth.

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.

This audiobook offers guided prompts to help promote positive thinking and gratitude. This book will help you identify everyday stress points so you can work on effective solutions to resolve any issues. In turn, this will help to reduce stress, control emotional triggers, and help you find a healthy way to manage your mood, anxiety, depression, or PTSD. 

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.

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.