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anywhere that repeated, life-threatening trauma tears into your body, mind and spirit. *In particular, COVID-19 is discussed in Chapter 1, as well as on pages 1054-1055 in this book. First responders and victims of domestic violence are some of those in civilian life who have been invaded by it.* PTSD is a potentially lethal enemy. We must fully understand it and then defeat it. We can do it. Especially if we take it on together. All of us with all of America’s diverse resources. That kind of commitment is necessary if we're going to defeat this invader. And that is why this book is titled TOTAL WAR ON PTSD.
Got PTSD or know someone with PTSD? I do too...it’s me. I’ve been dealing with it since 2010. Please take my hand, at least long enough to read this letter, if nothing else. I think you will find that together we can get through this and create a better tomorrow.
Please don’t put this book down because the ‘term’ PTSD is used as part of the title. While I refer to PTSD in the title of this book with the ‘D’ at the end, it can and is referenced both as PTSD and PTS throughout the chapters within. No negative connotation is meant by referring to this as PTSD...only as a common vernacular used by the general public, and the community of Veterans especially, at large.
The book in your hands was born out of my personal frustrations about the lack of a single resource for military, Veterans and civilians confronted by issues centered on PTSD in all of its forms. Please don’t get me wrong...there’s plenty of information out there, but it’s very widely scattered and tends to be stove-piped like so much uncoordinated intelligence. If you have PTSD, or if someone you care about has PTSD, you need access to all kinds of intel about every kind of therapy out there in order to facilitate recovery. You can’t leave it up to just therapy or medications...that just isn’t
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