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No Comfort Zone: Notes On Living With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (2010)

by Marla Handy(Favorite Author)

4.42 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0983111103 (ISBN13: 9780983111108)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Mocassa Press

review 1: This is a great book. I have more self-help books on my bookshelf - all bought as an attempt to figure out why I feel so weird and so disconnected so often. But I can never get very far because I would always crumble inside. But this book could have been written by me, and the relief I felt while reading it was profound.For the reviewer who said Dr. Handy was "giving in to" her triggers, you have no idea what you are talking about. If you had any experience with what this is like it would never occur to you to say that. If you had a stomach virus and someone was casually saying "you're giving into it" as you threw up, your response would not be nearly as glib, would it?I am deeply grateful to this author for writing down her experiences. I don't know if it helped her in an... morey way by doing so, but I can tell you it helped me.
review 2: I spent the afternoon with tears streaking down my face with this book. Never have I heard someone explain the life of a survivor of abuse with such rawness and power. Marla takes us through a few horrific experiences of her past and explains how she deals with life like a soldier with PSTD. The resemblances are striking and hit home more than once.I loved this book despite feeling like I rubbed a sunburn with sandpaper. It’s not a how-to-get-over-your-tragedy-and-get-on-with-life book. Marla helps us to acknowledge that there are some things that you can’t just forget and leave in the past. There are some avenues to try and some will provide help, but the victim of abuse can feel utterly alone and unable to control responses to the unexpected.I would highly recommend this book even if you haven’t experienced abuse in your life. It’s an accurate path to empathizing with those who have. less

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