{ "item_title" : "How to Support Someone You Love with Complex PTSD", "item_author" : [" Pamela M. Gutshall "], "item_description" : "When the person you love goes cold, storms out, shuts down, or apologizes for everything, what are you supposed to do?Complex PTSD grows out of trauma that was repeated and hard to escape, often in childhood. Years later it can show up in a marriage, a family, or a friendship as reactions that seem far too big for the moment. Most books about Complex PTSD are written for the survivor. This one is written for the people who love them: partners and spouses, parents, adult children, siblings, and friends.Its heart is a simple, practical idea. When someone is overwhelmed, their body often reaches for one of four survival responses: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. Each looks different from the outside, and each needs a different response. This book gives you a playbook for every one of them: how it shows up, what to say, what to do right then, and how to repair the next day.Inside you will find: A full chapter on emotional flashbacks, the reactions that look like ordinary bad moodsSide-by-side Try saying / Instead of scripts for the hardest momentsA Which Response Is This chart and four tear-out quick-reference cardsA shared pause plan, a trigger map you build together, and repair tools that rebuild trustGuidance for partners, parents, adult children, siblings, friends, and children in the homeTouch, intimacy, holidays, and anniversaries, handled with careA Steady Partner Check-In in every chapter, so you can stay steady without losing yourselfHonest guidance on when love is unsafe, how to make a safety plan, and how to find professional helpA first-thirty-days plan to put it all into practiceWarm, plain, and grounded in published research, this book will not ask you to fix anyone, and it never asks you to accept harm. It is not therapy or a crisis service; a crisis and support resource appendix, checked at publication, is included.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/205/9798162057413_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "18.99", "online_price" : "18.99", "our_price" : "18.99", "club_price" : "18.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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