Ergebnis für "Trauma" in Frauen

“Holly Alex’s gripping story of life as a child in care is brave, inspirational and horrifying.”- The Scotsman, 2026. What happens when the system meant to protect a child becomes the one that nearly destroys them? I Thought You Cared. Is a raw and harrowing true memoir of survival inside Scotland’s care system, a system that promised safety, but delivered silence, control and harm.

Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. This audiobook details a progression from innocence to enlightened caregiver to burnout, glimpsing into each stage personally and professionally.

The trial of Dominique Pelicot, which began on 2 September 2024, has captured the world's attention. Behind the haunting details of Pelicot's unthinkable crimes are a mother, Gisèle Pelicot, and a daughter, Caroline Darian, who were forced to rebuild their lives. This is their story. In...

What does it mean to heal from trauma caused by the people, beliefs, and practices of your faith? And to rebuild a sense of self, when high-control religion said you shouldn’t have one? This program is read by the author. "This gripping audiobook is a strong choice alongside books about...

A brave survivor tells the harrowing story of her and her sons' journey through abuse-and how she survived and then thrived after her trauma. RISING ABOVE †¢ The Trauma of Abuse by June Sheehan Berlinger is a powerful memoir that offers deep insight into the complexity of abuse and the path to healing. Through unflinching honesty, Berlinger shares her personal experiences with childhood trauma, incest, rape, and domestic violence-both as a survivor and as a mother fighting to protect her sons from the same horrors. Yet through the extreme pain came life-changing transformation.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Vivid and empowering' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'A stunning book’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO ‘Dazzling’ TARA WESTOVER ‘A story about hope, imagination and resilience’ GUARDIAN An award-winning, inspiring memoir of family, education and resilience...

One moment can change everything. For Danielle, it was a late-night drive home from a music festival with her fiancé, Shane—a drive that ended in a devastating car accident. Shane’s last moments were spent calling out for her, ensuring rescuers would find her in time. His sacrifice saved her life… but nothing could save her from the grief and trauma that followed.

Sandra Pankhurst founded her trauma cleaning business to help people whose emotional scars are written on their houses. From the forgotten flat of a drug addict to the infested home of a hoarder, Sandra enters properties and lives at the same time. But few of the people she looks after know anything of the complexity of Sandra's own life. Raised in an uncaring home, Sandra's miraculous gift for warmth and humour in the face of unspeakable personal tragedy mark her out as a one-off and make this biography unmissable.

Emotionally battered and neglected by her personality disordered parents—and manipulated by Mormon beliefs—16-year-old Sarah was convinced her boyfriend Michael would save her. When her parents discovered that they’d committed the sin of premarital sex, the aftermath left the teenagers irrevocably bonded.

For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an “intimate and compassionate portrait” (Grace M. Cho) of the Genain quadruplets, the harrowing violence they experienced, and its psychological and political consequences.​ In 1954, researchers at the newly formed National Institute of...

A “vital, life-saving must-read” (Nora McInerny, author of Bad Vibes Only) manifesto for communal resilience based on in-depth investigations into history, social science, and psychology, from the bestselling author of Rage Becomes Her. We are often urged to rely only on ourselves for...

“Lyrical and brutal, intimate and culturally relevant. I’ve never read anything like it.” —Maggie Smith An intimate, linked, lyrical essay collection focusing on the longer-lasting effects of trauma and PTSD on survivors—challenging a culture in which violence against women is...

A memoir of sex, angst, and rocks, Turn to Stone chronicles one woman’s ascent—on walls of stone and within herself—as she faces her demons and finds freedom and power in the raw and wild adventure of rock climbing. Down on the ground, it was hard to connect, hard to attach, hard to...

Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood...

Catherine Ada Campbell spent her childhood summers with her parents in a travelling carnival, with the giant Ferris Wheel babysitting her for hours. In fourth grade, she waved to crowds atop a parade float. She enjoyed lavish birthday parties and studied ballet. Unlike many of her peers, Campbell knew she was never abused. But at the age of 34, a chance phone call with her brother shattered everything she thought she knew about her family and her past: her memories were false.

THIS ISN'T JUST MY STORY. IT'S OUR STORY." DIVE INTO A MODERN FEMINIST BATTLE CRY FOR EMPATHY AT HOME, AT WORK, & IN OUR COMMUNITIES. We are told that life is a series of destinations. We chase the career, the family, the status, and the perfect balance, only to find that the finish line keeps moving. For anyone who has ever reached the top only to ask, "Is this it?" or struggled through the wreckage of a life plan gone sideways, this book is your field report from the front lines.

An award-winning business leader and speaker shares her journey of uncovering years of childhood trauma through scientific modalities like epigenetics, neuroplasticity, and decades of therapy. Daria Burke’s childhood was marked by neglect and poverty. When she discovers a photograph of the car...

At three years old, a father gives his triplet daughters away. This story follows the triplets as they navigate the challenges and hardships that life throws at them. Their lives unfold as a vast canvas, filled with vivid scars that tell tales of relentless battles, shattered hearts, and lost dreams.

They degraded her to the point where she'd become this sex thing - this thing that wasn't human, but an object - to the point where she believed that's what she was. The world of abuse and grooming gangs couldn’t have seemed further away from Kate’s start in life but, as so many young women...

Groomed and procured by a woman, raped by several men and labelled ‘one of the most abused girl in Rotherham’, now Elizabeth Harper is fighting for answers as to why so many people paid to protect our children simply turned a blind eye. Aged just 15, lonely and bullied by her peers...