Tag Archives: PTSD

A Steep Price To Pay For Twenty Minutes Of Action

Posted on June 12, 2016 by nathanalbright

Like many people, I have been paying attention to the brouhaha that has surrounded the case of Stanford University rapist Brock Turner. Convicted three months ago of rape, the swimming star faced the potential of fourteen years of prison, and … Continue reading →

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The Intractable Dilemma Of Presence And Absence

Posted on June 11, 2016 by nathanalbright

Among the many intractable dilemmas of my life [1] is the intractable dilemma of presence and absence. For lack of a better way of putting it, I am a haunted soul, tormented by the ghostly presence of history and memory … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Journey To Heal

Posted on May 23, 2016 by nathanalbright

Journey To Heal: Seven Essential Steps Of Recovery For Survivors Of Childhood Sexual Abuse, by Crystal M. Sutherland [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Kregel Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.] Although I am admittedly … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Naming Our Abuse

Posted on May 23, 2016 by nathanalbright

Naming Our Abuse:  God’s Pathways To Healing For Male Sexual Abuse Survivors, by Andrew J. Schmutzerl, Daniel A. Gorski, and David Carlson [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Kregel Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.] … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Evil Hours

Posted on May 15, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Evil Hours: A Biography Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, by David J. Morris A few diseases have served as the subject of extensive biographies. Cancer has spawned the book The Emperor Of Maladies. Depression was the subject of the melancholy … Continue reading →

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Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace

Posted on May 14, 2016 by nathanalbright

About a year ago I was standing in line at church for food and someone not very far in front of me was discussing with some friends about whether to object to the wedding of one of our mutual friends … Continue reading →

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Naming Our Abuse: Driving Again

Posted on May 12, 2016 by nathanalbright

When beginning my read of the book The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, by David J. Morris, I was reminded of why my thoughts about driving again diverged in a wood between two distinct sorts of thoughts: … Continue reading →

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You’re My Kind

Posted on May 7, 2016 by nathanalbright

In disk six of the audiobook to The Big Short, an eccentric value fund manager finds out that he and his son have both been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and he is disappointed to hear that many of his own … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Haunted By Combat

Posted on May 1, 2016 by nathanalbright

Haunted By Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans, by Daryl S. Paulson and Stanley Krippner This book presents the reader with a bit of a dilemma, at least if that reader is not a combat veteran, yet is concerned enough … Continue reading →

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Semper Vigilante

Posted on April 30, 2016 by nathanalbright

Among the books I read that belonged to my maternal grandparents growing up was a book on one of the New England lines of our family, not one that is particularly closely related, but one which has lines going back … Continue reading →

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