AboutSteve Brungard Expertise After five years of training focused on post trauma and related issues, I
did more than collect a few diplomas; I graduated from victim to survivor.
It is that personal immersion and accomplishment that brings me to
allexperts.com and provides you with an ally.
Experience I hold an associates degree in social science, [Harrisburg Area Community College] and a bachelors degree in social science along with a counselor training certificate in chemical dependency [Penn State University]. I also hold a commission as a Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Army [honorably discharged] and the best training ever given to any helicopter pilot on earth. It was with that commission and training that I served two tours of duty in Southeast Asia from 1968 to 1970 where I saw much of what happens when a human society disintegrates and human beings are overwhelmed.
Question sorry, this may be a really simple or ignorant question. i have a friend who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome, and i would like to know how long it will last (if there is any average or guide) and how much will they be the person i am used to while they are affected? can you recommend any internet sites for good general information?
Answer Hello Dave;
A traumatic experience that has overwhelmed a person will force them to adapt and to grow. They have to become greater within themselves in order to bear easily the memory of that event and the impact upon their personality. There is no recovery. It is adaptation and personal growth that frees us to move on. It is processing every aspect and every impact and every ultimate sort of question and learning every lesson that allows us to integrate the memory of a trauma with all other memories.
With every experience of every moment of life, we grow a little; we change a little. Accept it. Participate in the processing and adaptation and personal growth of the person you are concerned about. Learn with, process with, adapt with, grow with, and be with that person.
For further study and guidance, you can use a primer that I am writing and might actually finish someday.
