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My mission is to ensure that other people never have to be alone with the pain of PTSD, struggling to heal without help or support. --Patience Mason
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Read more stuff about the realities of PTSD and recovery. Add your own comments.
Information and help for members of the military on active duty, as well as veterans of earlier conflicts and survivors of all kinds of trauma.
It is normal to be affected by war.
It is normal to be affected by traumatic events.

NEW! Home from War

If you find yourself in difficulties, it doesn't mean you are weak or wierd or bad, but that you CARE. --Patience Mason

At Patience Press you will find:
  • Help for trauma surivors, war veterans, family members, friends and therapists.
  • The normal effects of trauma (post-traumatic reactions) explained as survivor skills (they kept you alive) which over time may become big problems. See issue #1 of the Post-Traumatic Gazette
  • How post-traumatic stress disorder affects family members, including me. See issue #2
  • How to get better. A wide variety of resources, because different people need different things.
  • The perspective that it is normal to be affected by trauma, and it takes time to heal, and we heal in community. You can start alone (no reason not to) but finding support is a part of healing. This site is meant to be part of your support system.
  • Hope. You did not deserve whatever you endured. You didn’t cause it even if you blame yourself and/or other people blame you for it. It is normal to be affected by trauma, and you deserve to recover.
  • Free for downloading: Sample issues of the Post-Traumatic Gazette, pamphlets and articles. Plus excerpts and samples of many of the books we sell at...
  • Patience's online bookstore where you can buy everything Patience has written (book, pamphlets, all the back issues of the Post-Traumatic Gazette) as well as other books I find helpful through links to Amazon.
  • Information about me and Patience Press.
  • If you want to ask me (Patience) a question, my email address is ptg at patiencepress dot com. Use @ and . for at and dot. I am always a bit slow to reply. Please be careful to include your correct email address. We will never share your name or address with anyone else.
HELP! After The War

A pamphlet written during the First Gulf War for the wives of all veterans. A simple discussion of how a traumatized vet may act and what your reactions may be as a spouse. Available for $1.00 plus shipping at Patience's Bookstore
Let me tell you how I see PTSD and recovery...

Bob and I are available to come and talk to groups about PTSD and recovery.

I have given talks about PTSD for more than a decade, from the Today Show in 1990 on my book tour, a Native American gathering in Montana, and spiritual retreats by the National Conference of Vietnam Veteran Ministers, to in-service trainings for VA professionals and seminars at VA's and veterans' reunions for vets and their families.

For veterans and their families,
Home from War: It's not all sweetness and light, explanation of some of the problems and some solutions
Recovering from the War: What PTSD is, how that affects your family, and how to recover
The War at Home: Each PTSD symptom, what it does for the vet, what it does to the vet, and how the family might feel about it
Living with PTSD: Are we really fine if they are driving us nuts? Is it normal to be affected?
Continuing to Recover: When you recycle old symptoms, persistence, awareness, acceptance and research are required.
For professionals:
Helping Families Become Part of the Solution: instead of part of the problem because of misunderstanding, personalizing and ignorance.
Living with PTSD: the difficulties when you think it is your fault and he/she agrees
PTSD and Substance Abuse: efforts to avoid thoughts or feelings associated with the trauma often start with drugs and alcohol. Other addictions. The Big Book and The DSM.
For everyone: The Realities of PTSD: the multiple realities: biological, historical, the separate reality of trauma, the reality of actually having PTSD, the real difficulty of getting good help, the reality for families, the reality of denial, the reality for society.

The cost is $500 per day plus expenses.
I am willing to do more than one workshop a day.
If I am hired by a VA, Vet Center, or Military Facility to do a training for professionals, I will throw in a free talk for veterans and their families.

Bob gives a workshop on writing about war experiences for those who are interested in doing so.

If you would like to have us come talk to your group:
patienceTalks@patiencepress.com
386-454-1651
Patience Press,
P.O. Box 2757, High Springs, FL 32655

The Post-Traumatic Gazette newsletter to end with issue No. 42

After 7 years of continous publication, I have decided the last issue of the Gazette will be Volume 7, Number 6. Currently you can buy the set of 40 issues on the bookstore page. When I write 41 and 42, they will be sent.

This site will remain online. I will keep writing and publishing stuff that helps. Look for more new pamphlets in the near future and more free articles and links

For Orders
1-877-PATIENC(e) (1-877-728-4362)
For questions about orders (or to place orders) please call James at 386-462-7210
MORE HELP! The War at Home: a Guide to PTSD Symptoms for Veterans and Family Members, a $1.00 pamphlet which discusses what each PTSD symptom does for the vet as a survival skill, what it may do to the vet as a problem, and how that might affect your nearest and dearest. Available at Patience's Bookstore
Our best-seller, Recovering From the War: a Guide for All Veterans,Family Members, Friends and Therapists, is available at Patience's Bookstore for $19.95. Spouses and veterans swear by this book. It has helped many on the road to recovery.
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We'd love to hear from you if you'd care to comment.
When Trauma Strikes: The World Trade Center terrorist Attack, 11 Sept 2001 by Patience Mason (PDF or plain text). This is a simple explanation of how traumatic events affect people. If you have lost someone in Iraq or Afghanistan, it may also be helpful to you, since that is a truamatic stressor.

My heart is with you if you have lost friends or family

Patience Mason
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Patience Mason, Editor
Patience Press
P.O. Box 2757
High Springs, FL 32655
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