Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
Jewish Survivors of Sexual Violence
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Every time I close the door on reality it comes
in through the windows.
–– Jennifer Unlimited
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Developing PTSD is directly related to the amount of trauma that you experience
as was shown in the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study. PTSD is
also affected by the meaning (or meaninglessness) of the events to the
traumatized person. PTSD is worse when betrayal is involved. Human cruelty
and neglect also increase its severity. Most people with PTSD do not know
they have it, so they may use compulsive behavior to help them stay numb,
everything from alcoholism to workaholism.
PTSD symptoms can occur for the first time, or reoccur,
when you are triggered or re-triggered by personal stress, another trauma,
or by events that remind you of the trauma. (Why the Gulf War was so hard
on so many veterans.) If you thought you were over your PTSD, this doesn't
mean your previous therapy didn't work, but that what worked then will work
again. Traumatic events can't be erased, so, in that sense, PTSD can't be
cured, but it can be helped. People with PTSD can live sane and happy lives.
If they get re-triggered, they can find more help.
The symptoms of PTSD make sense as survivor skills
in the context of trauma: get numb and you'll survive. Become extremely alert
and you'll survive. Such survivor skills can, with the passage of time, become
your biggest problems, but it is hard to let go of them because they kept
you alive, not because you are weak or wicked or dumb.
–– Patience Mason, Editor; The Post-Traumatic Gazette
Newsletter
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Disclaimer: Inclusion in this website does not constitute a recommendation
or endorsement. Individuals must decide for themselves if the resources meet
their own personal needs.
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Jewish
Resources
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Hebrew
E-group for survivors of childhood Trauma A new e-discussion group
was started this August in Israel (in Hebrew) for survivors of childhood
trauma. Prof. Eli Somer of the University of Haifa School of Social
Work, along with those in Maytal, the Israel Institute for Treatment &
Study of Stress, are involved with the list.
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Israel
Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma The psychologists of the
Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma utilize innovative methods
of therapy. The first goal is to get the traumatized person back in control
of his body, his reaction and his mind. The techniques emphasize the close
relation between body and mind, and teach the patient to calm himself. Once
the patient is in control, the therapist brings him back to the traumatic
event, in order to process and come to terms with what happened.
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Jewish
Bereavment Project Judaism embraces all of life and accepts
death as a part of life. At the same time, Jewish tradition understands that
we are never prepared to lose someone we love."* The Jewish Bereavement Project
has been designed to provide information to help you, or someone you care
for, find a way through the journey of mourning.
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Holocaust
Survivors
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Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma
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Secular
Resources
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Trauma & Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages These Trauma Pages focus primarily
on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic
Stress Disorder), whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or
a large-scale disaster. The purpose of this award winning site is to provide
information for clinicians and researchers in the traumatic-stress field.
Specifically, my interests here include both clinical and research aspects
of trauma responses and their resolution.
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Gift From Within A private, non-profit organization dedicated to those
who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD,
and those who care for traumatized individuals.
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National Center for Victims of Crime Clearinghouse of infomation on
Victimization.
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National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse Welcome to the National
Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, a consumer-run national
technical assistance center serving the mental health consumer movement.
We help connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources, and we offer
expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health
consumers.
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National Center for PTSD The National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) was created within the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1989, in
response to a Congressional mandate to address the needs of veterans with
military-related PTSD. Its mission was, and remains: To advance the clinical
care and social welfare of America's veterans through research, education,
and training in the science, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD and stress-related
disorders. This website is provided as an educational resource concerning
PTSD and other enduring consequences of traumatic stress.
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Post Traumatic Gazette Trauma and PTSD Page Mission is to ensure that other
people never have to be alone with the pain of PTSD, struggling to heal without
help or support.
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