A little help from a friend

[SophieShine]

Hi,
It's my 1st post on this forum but I read it a lot.
I was diagnosed with C-PTSD 9 years ago after the murder of my mom.
I've been trying everything and nothing worked. I even scared some of my shrinks! Go figure...
I found out I had to find the solution by myself and I got discouraged a lot.
Until last year. I found this book that was as revelation to me. It felt like it had been written for me.
It's called "Waking the Tiger" by Doctor Peter A Levine
Here's a little biography

Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Director of the Foundation for Human Enrichment.
He holds doctorate degrees in Medical Biophysics and in Psychology.
During his thirty five-year study of stress and trauma, Dr. Levine has contributed to a variety of scientific and popular publications.
Dr. Levine was a stress consultant for NASA during the development of the Space Shuttle, and has taught at treatment centers, hospitals and pain clinics throughout the world, as well as at the Hopi Guidance Center in Arizona.
Peter served on the World, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, presidents’ initiative on responding to large scale disasters and ethno-political warfare. He is presently a distinguished faculty member at the Santa Barbara graduate Institute.
His best selling book, Waking the Tiger; Healing Trauma, is published in 12 languages.

I sincerely hope I could help.

[SophieShine]

for some of us that don't think a book can change a life, Waking the tiger is a good book!
Margypops, you're a real sweetie.

[RockRose]

I bought the book.  Flipping through the book is a great comfort,  totallost.  Looks like good exercises,  great quotes.    I'm excited to read it.  

Thank you.  Even owning it feels like a giant leap forward.

[margypops]

I absolutly disagree with post below, books and internet and listening to folks here, their experiences have helped me a lot, I am definatly stronger amd coping more than I have in the past, and whilst all the therapys and all the couselling may help some  ,I do not deny that fact,... others have found other ways and this forum is all about that ,most of us want to cope in the way we are comfortable with and thats the way it should be,I prefer to find my own way through it with the help I have named , its a matter of how you do it. I am feeling better, I have come through it and I will stay that way and no negative comments will change that,it is our own strengths,... that help us through and I do believe with PTSD you can help and overcome it yourself, but its your choice..

[RockRose]

Thanks,  Total.  I'm going to check it out at Barnes and Noble.  The write-up and recommendations on Amazon are very enthusiastic.

[margypops]

Very definatley you have helped by giving this information and the chance to read this book, I went and googled it and have to go back to read more and am going to get the book today, I believe this is the kind of information we need .Thank you,