Sifting Through The Ashes: Finding Beauty, Peace, Love, And Strength Through Trauma

Sifting Through the Ashes contains true stories of trauma, tragedy, and resilience told by those affected by the 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California. Each story in this memoir recounts the lived experiences, thoughts, feelings, and implications from the survivors themselves.This book is designed to help anyone who has undergone trauma of any kind, devastation, and hopelessness to learn to cope with disaster or grief, written from the perspective of survivors, first responders, and therapists. Though towns are being rebuilt, the trauma of the 2018 Camp Fire echoes in the hearts and minds of those who lived it. Sifting through the Ashes Provides Guidance for Healing, Resilience, and GrowthSifting Through the Ashes specifically addresses the stigma around counseling and what happens when people are not getting the help they need. Symptoms may include the following:Being stuck in the trauma / Remaining a victim / Being triggered and re-triggered / Isolation / Loneliness / Distress / Depressions / Anxiety / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Irritability / Physical pains / Substance abuse / Trouble concentrating / Insomnia / Social isolation / Lack of energy / Exhaustion / Feeling numb or having no feelings / Suicidal thoughtsThis book guides readers through the emotional process toward healing and peace, fostering and promoting resilience and growth. It also includes a self-help section of practical mental health exercises to help trauma survivors start their healing journey and cope with their own emotional process.

• | Author: Darla Gale, Alice Rodriguez
• | Publisher: Dgc Publishing
• | Publication Date: May 03, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 302 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 057899951X
• | ISBN-13: 9780578999517