Description
Kandy’s life takes a devastating turn the day she is assaulted. Confused, broken, and traumatized, she watches her world crash before her eyes. The life she built was now destroyed. Previous suffering, loss, and trauma resurfaces, including witnessing her mother’s death as a teenager.
Forced to face the trauma, Kandy hits rock bottom.
Her mental health deteriorates, and she is diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, and depression. As the mental illnesses spread like wildfire, she is sent down a gut-wrenching, dark, and twisted road. She experiences flashbacks, triggers, blood-curdling fear, behavioural changes, dissociation, and nightmares that will send your heart racing.
Shattered is an unforgettable story of trauma and healing. This is a must-read for those who feel alone in their trauma and want to reclaim their lives. Throughout the book, you will discover effective coping strategies for PTSD, anxiety, depression, and stress. As well, you will learn valuable lessons about trauma and healing.
This is a great resource for those that have not experienced trauma but want to help someone who is going through it. You will gain insight of what it is like for someone that is living through trauma and the after effects it can have on the individual’s life.
Included in Appendices:
- Lessons learned about trauma and healing
- Strategies for managing anxiety, depression, PTSD, and stress
- Exercises for changing thought pattern, identifying anxiety and triggers, and discovering purpose and worth
You can actually feel the depth of the trauma this woman endured and how it has impacted her life. A great read for anyone who is struggling and feels like they are alone. Every day is work when you are dealing with PTSD, but using the suggestions in this book from mental exercises to nutrition and schedules will likely help your days get better.
Great resource on PTSD. The author’s story is touching and her path out of mental health one to read about.
Very well written, traumatic and inspiring I could not put the book down.
This book opened my eyes and understanding of what PTSD and depression feel like. The author at times apologizes for feeling weak due to her mental illnesses, but my takeaway was just the opposite. The strength, courage and endless determination she showed could be compared to a badly injured person completely relearning to walk again. She keeps on fighting, never giving up. She searches for ways to keep pushing herself forward. I was filled with so much admiration for her. I have never had my peace of mind and sense of safety brutally ripped away from me and really didn’t understand how trauma affects the mind. But in this era of endless gun violence, especially in the USA, the number of people, especially young children, traumatized is growing exponentially. We MUST gain a better understanding of PTSD in order to help our fellow human beings heal. Kandy’s brutally honest mental health journey is a VERY IMPORTANT tool everyone should read, those going through PTSD and depression and those who live around them…that would include nearly everyone on earth. This author is helping to bring the discussion of mental health out into the open. I applaud the author for giving us this.
This book is a well written easy to read book for anyone who has experienced a traumatic event. Also a good read for someone who is involved with a person who has experienced a traumatic or violent event. Well worth the read!