An edition of Once a warrior-always a warrior (2010)

Once a warrior-always a warrior

navigating the transition from combat to home--including combat stress, PTSD, and MTBI

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An edition of Once a warrior-always a warrior (2010)

Once a warrior-always a warrior

navigating the transition from combat to home--including combat stress, PTSD, and MTBI

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GPP Life
Language
English
Pages
303

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Table of Contents

Combat stress and post-traumatic stress disorder
Combat mild traumatic brain injury
Navigating the postwar zone: introduction to landnav
Life survival skills improving sleep
Skill 1: become more aware of your reactions by writing about
Them
Skill 2: learn to accept your reactions without judgment or anger
Skill 3: improve physical conditioning and relax muscle tension
Skill 4: improve sleep
Skill 5: learn how alcohol (or drugs) affects your reactions
Attend to and modulate your reactions
Skill 1: learn to pay attention to your physiological reactions
And anxiety level
Skill 2: learn to pay attention to your feelings and emotions
Skill 3: create space between your reactions and behaviors
Skill 4: learn to monitor and eliminate should and related
Words or phrases
Skill 5: notice your breathing
Skill 6: improve your focus and attention through meditation and
Mindfulness
Narrate your story
Deal with stressful situations
Skill 1: resiliency inoculation training (facing your fears)
Skill 2: dealing with the stupid stuff people do
Skill 3: dealing with more-serious situations involving people
Skill 4: dealing with anger, rage, and related emotions
Navigate the mental health care system
Road map for getting help
Fear of losing control
Overcoming stigma
Overcoming other barriers and taking the first steps
Species of mental health professionals
Your first appointment with a mental health professional
Advice for mental health professionals (and considerations
That warriors generally appreciate)
Types of treatment offered: the cold, hard facts
Disability and treatment
Acceptance: living and coping with your emotions
Skill 1: understanding the emotions of loss
Skill 2: accepting and expressing primary emotions
Skill 3: letting go of unanswerable questions
Skill 4: coping with grief and survivor's guilt
Skill 5: accepting other difficult events that happened in combat
Navigation strategies for spouses, partners, and family members
The vs vision, voice, village, joie de vivre, victory.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Guilford, Conn

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.85/212
Library of Congress
RC550 .H64 2010, RC550.H64 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
303

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24029109M
Internet Archive
oncewarrioralway0000hoge
ISBN 13
9780762754427
LCCN
2010001420
OCLC/WorldCat
435418785

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