{"id":31053,"date":"2023-02-15T12:32:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/?p=31053"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:32:26","slug":"post-traumatic-thriving-and-how-to-achieve-it-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/02\/15\/post-traumatic-thriving-and-how-to-achieve-it-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Traumatic Thriving and How to Achieve it #Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Randall Bell, Ph.D. shares their wealth of experience in not only surviving but thriving in Post-Traumatic Thriving – The Art, Science & Stories of Resilience. The reader is taken on an emotion journey as Randall helps explore what happens after a traumatic experience through the use of science and stories. I was sent a copy for review.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Format of <\/em>Post-Traumatic Thriving – The Art, Science & Stories of Resilience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Randall Bell explains how everyone has trauma, and with things like Covid-19 we may all be dealing with it more recently. That some traumas are big and obvious, but others can be lots of little things that mount up. Ideally we need to deal with them as they happen. With a process of how we respond to trauma. This he refers to as the \u201cDive Stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dive Stage forms section one of the book which is then broken down into a further 5 chapters on what happens after trauma. Randall tells us not to skip through the book, but that actually we need to build a strong foundation to work from. There is also a warning that you must be in the right place (mentally) to read this, and a feeling of being safe and secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survive Stage is section two, this again is split into a further five chapters. Before finally section three the Thrive Stage – and yet again a further five sub chapters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each is made up of commentary based on a wealth of experience, quotes, art, science and stories. It is all well explained and written in bite-sized chunks – which is good as not to over-whelm the reader. There are also techniques offered to help heal along the way too (backed by the science). The stories have an impact on the reader because they are about real people, with some familiar names which really helps to make them even more relatable.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Helping with Traumatic Experiences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unresolved trauma is the most significant problem facing humankind. Randall says that there are two types of disaster and two great lies we tell ourselves. The two types of disaster are those that are caused by internal factors and those external factors. The lies are that it cannot happen to me and that there is no hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the Early Examples in the Book of how Randall Bell shows ways to help with trauma:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signs of Shock<\/h3>\n\n\n\n