Question:
i just got this book: The Post Traumatic Stess Disorder Sourcebook, by Glenn R Schiraldi PhD. It is a new book, just came out in 2000. I would really recommend it. I only got it the other day, and it’s really big so I haven’t read or even looked through all of it, but it is really comprehensive and really interesting. (I’ve read about half of it already, though I am really really fast) It is really cool because it goes through all the emotions and responses etc, getting on a really close level. There are a lot of things that bring ptsd about, and this book talks about a lot of them (combat, rape, abuse, alcoholism, natural disaster, job stress- like firemen, policemen- and so on). It offers a lot of suggestions of things to do to help it, and a lot of resources and suggestions on how to attack this whole problem. It really helped me just to realize things I’ve gone through with this are totally normal and how to talk through some of them. I have noticed problems I have had with a lot of things that I hadn’t even associated with the ptsd and realze now they are connected. Things like having to sit in a class with my back to the wall and at the edge where I face everyone else in the room to my having such a hard time trying to get help, to random ‘flashback ‘ type things that I didn’t even really associate as flashbacks. Oh, and btw the book has a list/store price of 18.95, or if you order it at amazon.com it would cost, counting shipping, about 19.11 i think (which means you don’t have to worry about going to a store and trying to find it and then worrying about buying it and what the people would think etc etc etc). Okay, just thought I’d share… les.
Response:
Dear Les, not only are you a fast reader but the book must be very good!! Thanks for mentioning the book and I will check my new release section at our library for it. I have read many anxiety books the the easiest ones for me to relate to are Dr. Claire Weekes books."Hope and Help for your Nerves" and "Peace from Nervous Suffering" I also read John Bradshaws books too. People have to enjoy reading or the help books won’t do any good. I guess that is where the audio tapes come into play. I would rather read than listen to tapes…that is how I am. I have trouble with flashbacks and I know this book will help me too. I am glad that you posted the information here and I am happy that you are doing well. all my best,Julie * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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Thanks Les! I really need to look at that. I have some pretty bad reoccurring nightmares that I have been fighting for years. Does it have some information on dealing with those? 
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – i just got this book: The Post Traumatic Stess Disorder Sourcebook, by Glenn R Schiraldi PhD. It is a new book, just came out in 2000. I would really recommend it. I only got it the other day, and it’s really big so I haven’t read or even looked through all of it, but it is really comprehensive and really interesting. (I’ve read about half of it already, though I am really really fast) It is really cool because it goes through all the emotions and responses etc, getting on a really close level. There are a lot of things that bring ptsd about, and this book talks about a lot of them (combat, rape, abuse, alcoholism, natural disaster, job stress- like firemen, policemen- and so on). It offers a lot of suggestions of things to do to help it, and a lot of resources and suggestions on how to attack this whole problem. It really helped me just to realize things I’ve gone through with this are totally normal and how to talk through some of them. I have noticed problems I have had with a lot of things that I hadn’t even associated with the ptsd and realze now they are connected. Things like having to sit in a class with my back to the wall and at the edge where I face everyone else in the room to my having such a hard time trying to get help, to random ‘flashback ‘ type things that I didn’t even really associate as flashbacks. Oh, and btw the book has a list/store price of 18.95, or if you order it at amazon.com it would cost, counting shipping, about 19.11 i think (which means you don’t have to worry about going to a store and trying to find it and then worrying about buying it and what the people would think etc etc etc). Okay, just thought I’d share… les.
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J- Yes, it does. Chapter 28. It’s only about three pages long, but it gives some good ideas on how to confront such dreams and put them aside. But I also think that a lot of the rest of the book refers to that less directly – as far as flashbacks and the general idea of dealing with the past. I would assume in dealing with the whole trauma, the nightmares would be attacked as well. les. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks Les! I really need to look at that. I have some pretty bad reoccurring nightmares that I have been fighting for years. Does it have some information on dealing with those? J
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: i just got this book: The Post Traumatic Stess Disorder Sourcebook, by Glenn : R Schiraldi PhD. It is a new book, just came out in 2000. … : Oh, and btw the book has a list/store price of 18.95, or if you order it at : amazon.com it would cost, counting shipping, about 19.11 i think Thanks for the recommendation Les. Sounds like a good PTSD book. Best Wishes, Arthur (who still has a backlog of books to read)
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