Victims of Trauma
When children and adults are raped, abused, tortured, robbed at gun point or have other terrible things happen to them, it can have a lasting effect on their lives. When people experience extreme cruelty such as during the Holocaust, others can't imagine the torment that these people have been through.
People who are victims of trauma are often misunderstood. If a person experiences long term trauma, people do not understand why they can't just get over it and go on with their lives. They don't understand that trauma can alter the brain causing memories of traumatic events to reappear through triggers that cause the brain to bring up stored feeling. Not only does the brain record past events but it also records the feelings of these events. A person could have a good job, seem happy, feel good about themselves, yet they can not control what the brain remembers when certain situations triggers the brain to recall what happened to them.
We are trying to help educate the public about the effects of Trauma in hopes that they can have a better understanding of those who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
When friends or family members can understand the effects of long term trauma on the brain, it helps bring relief to the victim who often suffers all alone. Very few take the time to understand that a negative response from the person is because the brain is unable to process situations and events properly because of damage done to the brain due to on going trauma.
People who are victims of trauma are often misunderstood. If a person experiences long term trauma, people do not understand why they can't just get over it and go on with their lives. They don't understand that trauma can alter the brain causing memories of traumatic events to reappear through triggers that cause the brain to bring up stored feeling. Not only does the brain record past events but it also records the feelings of these events. A person could have a good job, seem happy, feel good about themselves, yet they can not control what the brain remembers when certain situations triggers the brain to recall what happened to them.
We are trying to help educate the public about the effects of Trauma in hopes that they can have a better understanding of those who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
When friends or family members can understand the effects of long term trauma on the brain, it helps bring relief to the victim who often suffers all alone. Very few take the time to understand that a negative response from the person is because the brain is unable to process situations and events properly because of damage done to the brain due to on going trauma.
Pathways To Hope helped Officer Fred Popp and Officer Randy Miller of Marinette, Wisconsin Police Department find contacts that helped them to go to New York to help with the disaster of September 11th.
New York City Police Woman, shortly after the Sept 11th 2001 WTC attack.
A Bosnian refugee.
Father and daughter in hospital after coming to the United States from the Bosnian war
Young mentally challenged child in Mostar, Bosnia afraid during the bombing
Bosnian man suffered from wounds of war and the hardships of healing.
African refugee suffering from years on the streets of Rome.
Young African man had his leg amputated in Rome after being tortured in his country.
Adhesions are internal scars that bind organs and tissues that are not normally connected. Adhesions form as a result of trauma due to surgery, infection, disease or other injury. Adhesions can distort and disturb body functions and cause pain, intestinal obstruction and infertility, giving rise to a complex of problems, collectively termed "Adhesion Related Disorder (ARD)" - Dr. David Wiseman, founder International Adhesion Society.....
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