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UNITED STATES OF TRAUMA: HOW A PANDEMIC UNMASKED AMERICA
For Americans who can’t help but feel the tension, stress and trauma that surrounds us, for those of us wondering about our mental health or that of our children, for those of us who wonder what the disturbance in city streets is all about, for those of us who may be angry and upset at the mobs of young people , some of whom show little respect for other people’s property, and for those among deny being afraid of Black skin, for those of us who are now concerned that we have lost our way as a nation —or think the that we are the best nation of all— this little book is for you.
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”
Martin Luther King
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”
Martin Luther King
240 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 3, 2020
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October 29, 2020
For me, this book has been key to understanding the effects our current American situation has had on my anxiety level, and has helped me feel clearer and hopeful as time moves forward.
For months Americans have been in a state of uncertainty on more levels than we have experienced in recent history. From divisiveness, political unrest, racial violence, a pandemic, unemployment, massive fires and hurricanes plus an uncertain short term, if not long term, future. Even talking about all that is out of whack can cause our blood pressure to rise, let along trying to figure out what we can do about any of it.
United States of Trauma synthesizes and helps make sense of the “four complex and interlocking threats currently confronting us.” Furthermore, the book was written to give clarity to understanding the next steps.
In a succinct narrative easy to grasp, the authors have given us a road map for getting a grip on the connectedness of the threats. For, how do you navigate such an uncertain state without an understanding on where you are and the choices you have for moving forward. If awareness is truly curative then this book is the key to understanding and hope.
The authors’ goal is a lofty one: “to unify Americans in the values we thought this country was founded upon. It is not to return to ‘normal,’ - but rather to shape a ‘new normal’ in which we rise as a fairer, more equitable and democratic nation.” What do we have to lose by trying? With this book, the healing from the trauma in which we stand can be the start.
For months Americans have been in a state of uncertainty on more levels than we have experienced in recent history. From divisiveness, political unrest, racial violence, a pandemic, unemployment, massive fires and hurricanes plus an uncertain short term, if not long term, future. Even talking about all that is out of whack can cause our blood pressure to rise, let along trying to figure out what we can do about any of it.
United States of Trauma synthesizes and helps make sense of the “four complex and interlocking threats currently confronting us.” Furthermore, the book was written to give clarity to understanding the next steps.
In a succinct narrative easy to grasp, the authors have given us a road map for getting a grip on the connectedness of the threats. For, how do you navigate such an uncertain state without an understanding on where you are and the choices you have for moving forward. If awareness is truly curative then this book is the key to understanding and hope.
The authors’ goal is a lofty one: “to unify Americans in the values we thought this country was founded upon. It is not to return to ‘normal,’ - but rather to shape a ‘new normal’ in which we rise as a fairer, more equitable and democratic nation.” What do we have to lose by trying? With this book, the healing from the trauma in which we stand can be the start.
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