<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Post-traumatic stress disorder — Patients — Biography."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Post-traumatic stress disorder — Patients — Biography."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/rcpl/rss/search?query=%22Post-traumatic%20stress%20disorder%20%E2%80%94%20Patients%20%E2%80%94%20Biography.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:53:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[What My Bones Know]]></title><description><![CDATA["A searing memoir of reckoning and healing from an acclaimed journalist and former This American Life producer investigating the little-understood science behind Complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life. By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as a radio producer at This American Life and had won an Emmy. But behind her office door she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk. After years of questioning what was wrong with her, she was diagnosed with Complex PTSD-a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years. Both of Stephanie's parents had abandoned her as a teenager after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she'd overcome her trauma, but her diagnosis illuminated the ways in which her past continued to threaten her health, her relationships, and her career. Finding few resources to help her heal, Stephanie set out to map her experience onto the scarce scientific research on C-PTSD. In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Stephanie interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies with the determination and curiosity of an award-winning journalist. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on a community, she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, and learns how trauma can be inherited through generations. Ultimately, she discovers that you don't move on from trauma-but you can learn to move with it, with grace and joy. Powerful, enlightening, and clarifying, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body-and one woman's ability to reclaim agency from her trauma"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3452601</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3452601</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Foo, Stephanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3452601076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593238103/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What My Bones Know]]></title><description><![CDATA["A searing memoir of reckoning and healing from an acclaimed journalist and former This American Life producer investigating the little-understood science behind Complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life. By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as a radio producer at This American Life and had won an Emmy. But behind her office door she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk. After years of questioning what was wrong with her, she was diagnosed with Complex PTSD-a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years. Both of Stephanie's parents had abandoned her as a teenager after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she'd overcome her trauma, but her diagnosis illuminated the ways in which her past continued to threaten her health, her relationships, and her career. Finding few resources to help her heal, Stephanie set out to map her experience onto the scarce scientific research on C-PTSD. In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Stephanie interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies with the determination and curiosity of an award-winning journalist. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on a community, she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, and learns how trauma can be inherited through generations. Ultimately, she discovers that you don't move on from trauma-but you can learn to move with it, with grace and joy. Powerful, enlightening, and clarifying, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body-and one woman's ability to reclaim agency from her trauma"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3476389</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3476389</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Foo, Stephanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3476389076</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593238110/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothership]]></title><description><![CDATA["A dazzling, evidence-based account of one man's quest to heal from complex PTSD by turning to endangered coral reefs and psychedelic plants after traditional therapies failed--and his awakening to the need for us to heal the planet as well. But will doses of nature be enough to save us before it's too late"--Page [4] of cover.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3604576</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3604576</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wrenn, Greg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3604576076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798888452141/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What My Bones Know]]></title><description><![CDATA["A searing memoir of reckoning and healing from an acclaimed journalist and former This American Life producer investigating the little-understood science behind Complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life. By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as a radio producer at This American Life and had won an Emmy. But behind her office door she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk. After years of questioning what was wrong with her, she was diagnosed with Complex PTSD-a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years. Both of Stephanie's parents had abandoned her as a teenager after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she'd overcome her trauma, but her diagnosis illuminated the ways in which her past continued to threaten her health, her relationships, and her career. Finding few resources to help her heal, Stephanie set out to map her experience onto the scarce scientific research on C-PTSD. In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Stephanie interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies with the determination and curiosity of an award-winning journalist. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on a community, she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, and learns how trauma can be inherited through generations. Ultimately, she discovers that you don't move on from trauma-but you can learn to move with it, with grace and joy. Powerful, enlightening, and clarifying, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body-and one woman's ability to reclaim agency from her trauma"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3476240</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3476240</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Foo, Stephanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3476240076</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593507254/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfectly Wounded]]></title><description><![CDATA[The incredible true story of former Navy SEAL Mike Day, who survived being shot twenty-seven times while deployed in Iraq.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2932948</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2932948</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Day, Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2932948076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir About What Happens After A Miracle</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538701836/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving Cloud 9]]></title><description><![CDATA[Describes how Rick Sylvester, after enduring a childhood of poverty and abuse, struggled through adulthood until he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and shares how he was able to overcome the odds to live a rewarding life.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2660820</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2660820</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andersen, Ericka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2660820076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The True Story of A Life Resurrected From the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma, and Mental Illness</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781400208272/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shooting Ghosts]]></title><description><![CDATA["A unique joint memoir by a U.S. Marine and a conflict photographer, whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and souls War tears people apart, but it can also bring them together. Through the unpredictability of war and its aftermath, a decorated Marine sergeant and a world-trotting war photographer became friends, their bond forged as they patrolled together through the dusty alleyways of Helmand province and camped side by side in the desert. It deepened after Sergeant TJ Brennan was injured during a Taliban ambush, and both returned home. Brennan began to suffer from the effects of his injury and from the fallout of his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. But war correspondents experience similar rates of post-traumatic stress as combat veterans. The causes can be different, but guilt plays a prominent role in both. For Brennan, it's the things he's done, or didn't do, that haunt him. Finbarr O'Reilly's conscience is nagged by the task of photographing people at their most vulnerable while being able to do little to help, and his survival guilt as colleagues die on the job. Their friendship offered them both a shot at redemption."--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2570151</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2570151</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brennan, Thomas J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2570151076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A U.S. Marine, A Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back From War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780399562549/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plenty of Time When We Get Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Documents the author's marriage to a fellow Iraq War veteran, describing the impact of his brain injury on their relationship, their shared efforts to overcome post-traumatic stress, and the lack of support for veterans.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2201925</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2201925</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Williams, Kayla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2201925076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393239362/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis]]></title><description><![CDATA[A book that explores the seemingly magical world of Jackie Onassis' youth, her fairy-tale marriage to a wealthy and handsome senator and presidential candidate and her astonishing transformation into a deft political wife and unique first lady also explores what the author asserts was Jackie's 31-year struggle with PTSD after the assassination of her husband, John F. Kennedy.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2276500</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2276500</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leaming, Barbara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2276500076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Untold Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250017642/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis]]></title><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2334327</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2334327</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leaming, Barbara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2334327076</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781427252333/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Stranger in My Bed]]></title><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3283007</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3283007</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sprague, Debbie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3283007076</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>8 Steps to Taking your Life Back From the Contagious Effects of your Veteran&apos;s Post-traumatic Stress Disorder</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781614485759/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battle Ready]]></title><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2157020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2157020</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald, Mark L.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2157020076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Memoir of A SEAL Warrior Medic</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780312600754/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autopsy of War]]></title><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2124418</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2124418</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Parrish, John A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2124418076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Personal History</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780312654962/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prisoner of Her Past]]></title><description><![CDATA["Until February 15, 2001, Howard Reich's mother, Sonia, had managed to keep almost everything about her experience of the Holocaust from her son. That night, she packed some clothes and fled her house in Skokie, Illinois, convinced that someone was trying to kill her. This was the first indication that she was suffering from late-onset post traumatic stress disorder, a little-known condition that can emerge decades after the initial trauma. For Howard, it was also the opening of a window onto his mother's past. In Prisoner of Her Past, Howard Reich has written a moving memoir about growing up as the child of Holocaust survivors and finding refuge from silence and fear in the world of jazz. It is only when Sonia's memories overwhelm her and Howard begins to piece together her story that he comes to understand how his parents' lives shaped his own"--ECIP data view.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2109192</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2109192</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reich, Howard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2109192076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Son&apos;s Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780810127951/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acid Test]]></title><description><![CDATA["A fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited, by award-winning journalist Tom Shroder"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2284865</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2284865</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shroder, Tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2284865076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780399162794/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flash Point]]></title><description><![CDATA["For twenty-five years, paramedic and firefighter Christy Warren put each tragic, traumatizing call she responded to in a box and closed the lid. One day, however, the box got too full and the lid blew open--and she found herself unable to close it again. Her brain locked her inside a movie theater in which film after film of gut-wrenching scenes from her career played over and over again; she found herself incapable of forgiving herself for what happened at one call in particular. Caught in a loop of shame, anger, irritability, and hypervigilance--classic signs of PTSD--she began to spiral, even to the point of considering suicide, and yet still she was reluctant to seek help. In the end, it took almost losing her marriage to force Christy into action--but once she began to reach out, she found a whole army of folks waiting and ready to help her. The team of people supporting her eventually grew to include an EMDR therapist, a psychiatrist, her peers at a trauma retreat, and a lawyer who made the case for medical retirement and workers compensation. Along the way, Christy learned the vital truths that made it possible to keep going even in her darkest moments--that post-traumatic stress was literally a brain injury; that suicide and alcohol were not the only ways out; that asking for help was a sign of strength, not weakness; and that although it was ultimately up to her to do the work to change the dialogue in her head, she was not alone"-- Amazon.com]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3569124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3569124</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren, Christy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3569124076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Firefighter&apos;s Journey Through PTSD</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781647424480/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seriously Not All Right]]></title><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3073113</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C3073113</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Capps, Ron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3073113076</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>Five Wars in Ten Years : A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781094135809/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where War Ends]]></title><description><![CDATA["A veteran of the Iraq War describes his struggle to heal from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and come to terms with the horrors of combat"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2852253</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2852253</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Voss, Tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2852253076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Combat Veteran&apos;s 2,700-mile Journey to Heal : Recovering From PTSD and Moral Injury Through Meditation</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781608685998/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart Berries]]></title><description><![CDATA["Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for Mailhot's mother, a social worker and activist who had a thing for prisoners; a story of reconciliation with her father-an abusive drunk and a brilliant artist-who was murdered under mysterious circumstances; and an elegy on how difficult it is to love someone while dragging the long shadows of shame. Mailhot trusts the reader to understand that memory isn't exact, but melded to imagination, pain, and what we can bring ourselves to accept. Her unique and at times unsettling voice graphically illustrates her mental state. As she writes, she discovers her own true voice, seizes control of her story, and, in so doing, reestablishes her connection to her family, to her people, and to her place in the world."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2668670</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2668670</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mailhot, Terese Marie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2668670076</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781977320018/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart Berries]]></title><description><![CDATA["Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for Mailhot's mother, a social worker and activist who had a thing for prisoners; a story of reconciliation with her father-an abusive drunk and a brilliant artist-who was murdered under mysterious circumstances; and an elegy on how difficult it is to love someone while dragging the long shadows of shame. Mailhot trusts the reader to understand that memory isn't exact, but melded to imagination, pain, and what we can bring ourselves to accept. Her unique and at times unsettling voice graphically illustrates her mental state. As she writes, she discovers her own true voice, seizes control of her story, and, in so doing, reestablishes her connection to her family, to her people, and to her place in the world."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2613499</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2613499</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mailhot, Terese Marie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2613499076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781619023345/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart Berries]]></title><description><![CDATA["Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. The triumphant result is Heart Berries, a memorial for Mailhot's mother, a social worker and activist who had a thing for prisoners; a story of reconciliation with her father-an abusive drunk and a brilliant artist-who was murdered under mysterious circumstances; and an elegy on how difficult it is to love someone while dragging the long shadows of shame. Mailhot trusts the reader to understand that memory isn't exact, but melded to imagination, pain, and what we can bring ourselves to accept. Her unique and at times unsettling voice graphically illustrates her mental state. As she writes, she discovers her own true voice, seizes control of her story, and, in so doing, reestablishes her connection to her family, to her people, and to her place in the world."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2668726</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2668726</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mailhot, Terese Marie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2668726076</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781619024236/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crossings]]></title><description><![CDATA["In Iraq, as a combat physician and officer, Jon Kerstetter balanced two impossibly conflicting imperatives - to heal and to kill. When he suffered an injury and then a stroke during his third tour, he wound up back home in Iowa, no longer able to be either a doctor or a soldier. In this gorgeous memoir that moves from his impoverished upbringing on an Oneida reservation, to his harrowing stints as a volunteer medic in Kosovo and Bosnia, through the madness of Iraq and his intense mandate to assemble a team to identify the remains of Uday and Qusay Hussein, and the struggle afterward to come to terms with a life irrevocably changed, Kerstetter beautifully illuminates war and survival, the fragility of the human body, and the strength of will that lies within."-- Publisher description.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2575802</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2575802</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kerstetter, Jon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2575802076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Doctor-soldier&apos;s Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101904374/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irritable Hearts]]></title><description><![CDATA["In 2010, human rights reporter Mac McClelland left Haiti after covering the devastation of the earthquake. Back home, she finds herself imagining vivid scenes of violence and can't sleep or stop crying. It becomes clear that she is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, triggered by her trip and seemingly exacerbated by her experiences in the other charged places she'd reported from. The bewilderment about this sudden loss of self-control is magnified by her feelings for Nico, a French soldier she met in Haiti who despite their brief connection seems to have found a place in her confused heart. With inspiring fearlessness, McClelland sets out to repair her broken psyche. Investigating her own illness and the history of PTSD, she discovers she is not alone: traumatic events have sweeping influence. While we most often connect it to veterans, PTSD is more often caused by other manner of trauma, and can even be contagious--close proximity to those afflicted can trigger it in those around them. As McClelland confronts the realities of her disorder, she learns to open her heart to the love that seems to have found her at an inopportune moment. Vivid, suspenseful, and intimate, Irritable Hearts is an unforgettable exploration of vulnerability and resilience, control and acceptance, and a compelling story of survival that expands the definition of what trauma is and offers powerful hope for those who need to work through it"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2508739</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2508739</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McClelland, Mac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2508739076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A PTSD Love Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250052896/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irritable Hearts]]></title><description><![CDATA["In 2010, human rights reporter Mac McClelland left Haiti after covering the devastation of the earthquake. Back home, she finds herself imagining vivid scenes of violence and can't sleep or stop crying. It becomes clear that she is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, triggered by her trip and seemingly exacerbated by her experiences in the other charged places she'd reported from. The bewilderment about this sudden loss of self-control is magnified by her feelings for Nico, a French soldier she met in Haiti, who despite their brief connection seems to have found a place in her confused heart. With ... fearlessness, McClelland sets out to repair her broken psyche"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2289103</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2289103</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McClelland, Mac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2289103076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A PTSD Love Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250052896/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Evil Hours]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD. Just as polio loomed over the 1950s, and AIDS stalked the 1980s and '90s, posttraumatic stress disorder haunts us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Over a decade into the United States' "global war on terror," PTSD afflicts as many as 30 percent of the conflict's veterans. But the disorder's reach extends far beyond the armed forces. In total, some twenty-seven million Americans are believed to be PTSD survivors. Yet to many of us, the disorder remains shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and shame. Now, David J. Morris -- a war correspondent, former Marine, and PTSD sufferer himself -- has written the essential account of this illness. Through interviews with individuals living with PTSD, forays into the scientific, literary, and cultural history of the illness, and memoir, Morris crafts a moving work that will speak not only to those with the condition and to their loved ones, but also to all of us struggling to make sense of an anxious and uncertain time"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2287835</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S76C2287835</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Morris, David J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://rcpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2287835076</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780544086616/MC.GIF&amp;client=penlibsys&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>