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Library Notes
Hamilton Public Library (Hard copy only, library card required)
Description
Family & Relationships. Psychology. Nonfiction. Self Help. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can present with a number of symptoms, including anxiety, depression, flashbacks, and trouble sleeping. If your partner has PTSD, you may want to help, but find yourself at a loss. The simple truth is that PTSD can be extremely debilitating-not just for the person who has experienced trauma first-hand, but for their partners as well. And while there are many books written for those suffering from PTSD, there are few written for the people who love them. In Loving Someone with PTSD, renowned trauma expert Aphrodite Matsakis presents concrete skills and strategies for the partners of those with PTSD. With this informative and practical book, you will increase your understanding of the signs and symptoms of PTSD, improve your communication skills with your loved one, set realistic expectations, and work to create a healthy environment for the both of you. In addition, you will learn to manage your own grief, helplessness, and fear regarding your partner's condition. PTSD is a manageable disability. While it isn't your responsibility to rescue your partner or act as his or her therapist, this book will help you be supportive and implement strategies for lessening the negative impact of PTSD-not just for your partner, but for your relationship, and, importantly, for yourself.… (more)
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User reviews
As a person who is married to a PTSD survivor and as a PTSD survivor myself, I knew this was one book I wanted a chance to review, and am thankful the Publishers decided to allow me to do so.
This book uses examples throughout to help
I found it helpful in many ways, and the author gives us a bit of homework to do at times, such as writing down things that can be helpful to remember as you try to love a survivor with PTSD. It isn't easy, loving us. We often have some emotion problems that cause our loved ones to question if we love them at all.
My biggest problem with this book is something that is in the publishers hands, not the author's. The formatting of the book. Like a number of books I have been reviewing for NetGalley, the publisher appears to have taken the Print ARC and stuck it into a file and labled it a digital ARC...except that's not what it is. It becomes a hot mess when you do this. While not as horrible as several other books I have just reviewed, or am reading now, it makes it difficult at times to read this book.
Loving Someone with PTSD has so much to offer the reader, that the publisher needs to take the time to have a proper Digital ARC created for reviewers, so that we have one less thing to count against a book. Formatting matters, it affects who easily we can actually read the book you have put in our hands.