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13667cam a2200385 a 4500 001 C0557C8C6BFE11DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20230913010647 008 970227s1996 cau b 000 0 eng 010 $a 96067946 020 $a 9781572240582 020 $a 157224058X 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d CGA $d VET $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d VLB $d CRH $d JII $d SILO 050 00 $a RC552.P67 $b M365 1996 082 00 $a 616.85/21 $2 21 100 1 $a Matsakis, Aphrodite. 245 1 $a I can't get over it : $b a handbook for trauma survivors / $c Aphrodite Matsakis. 250 $a 2nd ed. 260 $a Oakland, Calif. : $b New Harbinger Publications, $c c1996. 300 $a xiv, 395 p. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-395). 505 0 $a Introduction -- PTSD, a normal reaction to an abnormal amount of stress -- The healing process -- Cautions -- How to use this book -- Questionnaires and exercises, keeping a journal -- A final note -- pt. I. Understanding PTSD -- How to use these chapters -- 1. What is PTSD? Do I have it? -- PTSD : a new name for an old problem -- The uniqueness of the PTSD diagnosis -- The DSM-IV criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder -- Criterion A : a traumatic event -- Trauma means wounding -- Depersonalization and trauma -- Questionnaire for criterion A -- Criterion B : reexperiencing the trauma -- Dreams, nightmares, and insomnia -- Flashbacks -- Other forms of reexperiencing the trauma -- Questionnaire for criterion B -- Criterion C : numbing and avoidance -- Emotional shutdown or psychic numbing -- Avoidance and triggers -- Questionnaire for criterion C -- Criterion D : hyperarousal symptoms -- Fight-or-flight and freeze reactions -- Questionnaire for criterion D -- Criterion E : duration -- Criterion F : degree of impairment -- Man-made vs. natural catastrophes -- Single-trauma vs. multiple-trauma survivors -- Questionnaire for criterion F -- Full-blown vs. partial PTSD -- Other reactions to trauma -- Dissociation -- Somatization -- Now that I know, what comes next? -- 2. The biochemistry of PTSD -- Biological changes and the healing process -- The role of the adrenals -- Adrenaline and trigger situations -- When stress is prolonged -- Depression -- What is depression? -- Causes of clinical depression -- Questionnaire : clinical depression -- Substance abuse -- PTSD-related causes of addictions and compulsions -- Assessing for substance abuse -- Questionnaire : alcohol and drug use -- Assessing for eating disorders -- Questionnaire : anorexia nervosa -- Questionnaire : bulimia nervosa -- Questionnaire : other eating disorders -- Questionnaire : compulsive overeating -- Assessing for compulsive behavior -- Questionnaire : compulsive gambling -- Questionnaire : other compulsive behaviors -- Getting help -- 3. Feelings, thoughts, and traumatic events -- Learning about feelings -- The link between feeling identification and feeling awareness -- What is a feeling? -- Turning in to your feelings -- Sad, mad, glad, or scared? A feelings list -- Exercise : separating feelings from thoughts -- Remembering the trauma -- Exercise : recording the traumatic event -- Self-blame and survivor guilt -- The origins of self-blame and survivor guilt -- Looking at the bigger picture -- Exercise : self-blame and survivor guilt -- Self-esteem and self-blame -- Origins of low self-esteem -- Exercise : self-blame and your self-esteem -- Exercise : the effects of self-blame on your present life -- Countering self-blame -- Exercise : identifying your strengths -- It's a beginning -- 4. The three levels of victimization -- Level one : the shattering of assumptions -- Loss of invulnerability -- Loss of an orderly world -- Loss of positive self-image -- Other common victim responses -- Accepting help -- Level two : secondary wounding -- Forms of secondary wounding -- Effects of secondary wounding -- Causes of secondary wounding -- Overcoming secondary wounding -- Naming the demon -- Common secondary wounding responses -- Exercise : identifying your secondary wounding experiences -- Exercise : secondary wounding and your attitudes today -- Exercise : secondary wounding and your activities -- Level three : victim thinking -- Exercise : victim thinking -- cutting off victim thinking -- Exercises : the sources of victim thinking -- 5. Why am I acting this way? Triggers -- What are triggers? -- Trigger symptoms and the adrenal glands -- Types of triggers -- Coping with other people -- Identifying your triggers -- Exercise : trigger chart 1 -- Coping with triggers and trigger situations -- Feeling safe -- Social situations -- Exercise : trigger chart 2 -- Selecting a trigger to work on -- Exercise : motivating yourself -- Planning ahead -- Relaxation techniques -- Deep breathing -- Progressive muscle relaxation -- Physical exercise -- Quick fixes -- Positive self-talk -- Before the trigger -- During the trigger -- Progressing through trigger chart 2 -- Acknowledging reality -- Taking stock -- 505 0 $a pt. II. The healing process -- How to use these chapters -- A growth vs. deficit model of therapy -- Healing is an nonlinear process -- The stages of healing -- Healing takes time -- Restorative experiences -- Mediation -- The prerequisite of safety -- Cautions : when the healing process is not advisable -- The strength of survivors -- How will I know when I am healed? -- Hang in there! -- 6. Stage 1 : remembering the trauma -- Problems uncovering the trauma -- Helps for remembering -- A note of caution -- Memory aids -- Exercise : addiction histories -- Professional assistance -- Reconstructing the trauma mentally -- Exercise : visualizing the trauma -- Getting feedback from others -- Exercise : self-forgiveness -- Exercise : what if it were someone you loved? -- Making amends -- 7. Stage 2 : feeling the feelings -- The necessity of feeling -- Fear of feeling -- Take your time -- Managing your emotions -- Preparing yourself -- Exercise : identifying your fears about feelings -- Exercise : reexamining your fears about feelings -- PTSD, anger, grief, or helplessness? -- Anger and grief, the intimate connection -- 8. Stage 2 continued : living with anger -- The problem of anger -- Dealing with anger in doses -- Anger at the self : self-blame and survivor guilt revisited -- Exercise : reviewing self-blame -- Anger at others -- Exercise : identifying the sources of your anger -- Exercises : obstacles to acknowledging and feeling anger -- Taking stock -- Exercise : a more complete anger inventory -- Managing your anger -- A note of caution -- Anger is a feeling, not an action -- Taking time out -- Venting your anger -- Giving anger its due -- Immediate anger-management techniques -- Taking life stresses into account -- Rest and recreation -- Exercise : looking at your anger objectively -- 9. Stage 2 continued : understanding grief and sorrow -- The benefits of grieving -- The three levels of loss -- The importance of identifying your losses -- Exercise : identifying your losses -- The grieving process -- The five stages of grief -- What you can expect -- Strategies for coping with grief -- Creating a time and place to grieve -- Surmounting cultural barriers -- Expressing the grief -- Giving dignity to your grief -- Talking to yourself positively -- Developing a support system -- Accepting grief -- 10. Stage 3 : attaining empowerment -- Appreciating your progress -- Emotional and spiritual progress -- Exercise : taking stock of your progress -- The great trauma brain -- Self-care and safety -- Feeling safe in your environment -- Physical health and safety -- Emotional self-care -- Avoiding revictimization -- Reviewing the three levels of victimization -- Exercise : avoiding revictimization -- Harnessing your rage -- A note of caution -- Exercise : revenge fantasies -- Getting even, weighing the pros and cons -- Other ways of getting even -- Working toward compensation -- Exercise : compensations -- Pursuing legal rights and promises -- Self-compensation -- Refinding yourself -- Exercise : who was I then? -- Salvaging the past -- Rewriting the trauma -- Accepting the scars -- Support systems -- The meaning of "healing" -- The promises of healing -- 505 0 $a pt. III. Specific traumas -- How to use these chapters -- 11. Crimes committed by strangers -- Guidelines for using this book -- The prevalence of crime -- The changing nature of crime, how it affects victims -- The psychological aftermath of crime, acute stress reactions -- PTSD and crime -- The sense of violation -- The shock stage -- Adrenaline reactions and tunnel vision -- Secondary wounding and the reactions of others -- Exercise : reexamining the crime, your initial reactions, and secondary wounding experiences -- The recoil, or impact, stage -- Fear and phobias -- Critical voices -- The issue of fighting back -- Exercise : identifying fears -- Countering fear with positive action -- Anger -- Exercise : anger and the costs of the crime -- The attribution stage -- The masochism myth as applied to crime survivors -- Exercise : self-blame -- The resolution stage -- Difficulties reaching the resolution stage -- When acute stress reaction becomes PTSD -- 12. Rape and sexual assault -- Guidelines for using this book -- The prevalence of rape -- The myth of rape -- Myth 1 : only bad girls get raped -- Myth 2 : all women enjoy a little rape now and then -- Myth 3 : men rape for sexual release -- Myth 4 : rape is a sign of virility -- Myth 5 : date rape isn't really rape -- Myth 6 : only attractive women get raped -- Myth 7 : if you didn't resist, you must have wanted it -- Myth 8 : men don't get raped -- Exercise : recalling the rape in detail -- Exercise : reexamining self-blame -- Exercise : reexamining secondary wounding experiences -- Dealing with the emotional aftereffects of rape -- Getting help as soon as possible -- Pseudorecovery and delayed reactions -- Viewing the rape as a challenge -- The decision to prosecute -- When the rapist threatens to retaliate -- Making your own decision -- 13. Domestic violence and sexual abuse -- Guidelines for using this book -- What is abuse? Definitions -- Battering -- Child abuse -- Child sexual abuse -- The structure of abuse -- Denial -- Exercise : overcoming denial -- Guilt and shame -- Exercise : pinpointing the rage -- Traps -- The battering cycle -- Exercise : identifying and defusing the battering cycle -- Generation to generation : inheriting violence -- Parentified children -- Ways out -- Abused adults -- Abused children -- 14. Suicide of a loved one -- Guidelines for using this book -- The emotional aftermaths of suicide : PTSD and depression -- Suicide and PTSD -- Clinical depression and suicide -- Rising suicide rates -- Homicide, suicide, or accident? -- Causes of suicide -- Precipitating events -- Suicide and self-blame -- Exercise : clarifying survivor guilt -- False guilts -- Exercise : identifying your guilt -- Coping with the effects of your life -- Exercise : assessing the impact of the suicide -- Acknowledging your anger -- Exercise : therapeutic letter writing -- Additional coping suggestions -- 15. Natural catastrophes -- Guidelines for using this book -- PTSD and natural catastrophe survivors -- Natural catastrophes vs. other types of trauma -- Common reactions to natural catastrophes -- How long do symptoms last? -- The waxing and waning of symptoms -- The resurrection on unresolved emotional issues -- The effects of secondary traumas -- Exercise : identifying loses -- Pursuing compensation -- 16. Vehicular accidents -- Guidelines for using this book -- Vehicular accidents as a "necessary evil" -- The psychological aftermath of vehicular accidents, acute stress reaction -- The shock stage -- Exercise : reexamining the accident and its immediate aftermath -- The recoil or impact stage -- Coping with fears -- Exercise : identifying and countering fears -- Dealing with anger -- Exercise : anger and the costs of the accident -- The attribution stage -- Exercise : reviewing self-blame -- The resolution stage -- When acute stress reaction becomes PTSD -- 17. War and combat -- Guidelines for using this book -- War and mental health -- PTSD and war historically -- Circumstances of war -- Self-blame -- Survivor guilt and self-blame -- Exercise : reducing self-blame and guilt feelings -- Anger and grief -- Exercise : distinguishing grief and anger -- Exercise : reviewing triggers -- Premature death and suicide -- Exercise : examining suicidal thoughts and feelings -- Coping with suicidal thoughts -- Beyond this book -- 505 0 $a pt. IV. Appendixes -- A. Getting help, survivor groups and therapy programs -- Finding a therapist or treatment program -- Where to begin -- The screening process -- Evaluating the course of therapy -- If you are referred to a psychiatrist -- Finding a survivor group -- Further reading -- B. 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