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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 the way we did, back when it didn’t have a name and wasn’t supposed to exist. --Patience Mason

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.

“If you find yourself in difficulties, it doesn’t mean you are weak or weird or bad, but that you care.”

– Patience Mason

from Home From War

Read excerpts from Recovering from the War by Patience Mason, considered one of the most helpful books about PTSD and recovery for veterans of all wars and their families.

Patience Mason, Writer

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Patience Press
P.O. Box 2757
High Springs, FL 32655
386-454-1651 (M-F 9-5 ET)

Help for trauma survivors, 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 your biggest problems.
See issue #1 of the Post-Traumatic Gazette
How post-traumatic stress disorder affects family members, including me.
See issue #2 of the Post-Traumatic Gazette
How to get better. A wide variety of resources, because different people need different things to heal.
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 in
war or other traumatic events.
•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.
•You deserve to recover, no matter what you did
or didn’t do to survive.
•Help is available!
Free for downloading issues of the Post-Traumatic Gazette, and articles. Plus excerpts from Recovering From The War.
Everything Patience has written (book, pamphlets, the set of the back issues of the Post-Traumatic Gazette) at Patience’s bookstore

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.

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