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A Stranger In My Bed: 8 Steps to Taking Your Life Back From the Contagious Effects of Your Veteran''s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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By (author): Debbie Sprague

A Stranger in My Bed takes you inside Debbie Spragues life for an intimate view of a love story disrupted by the invasion of PTSDthirty years after the Vietnam War. The cycle moves from love to fear, anger, and despair. Stories unfold of her husbands battle with PTSD, displaying typical behaviors, triggers, and moods. Those familiar with this world will be comforted: That sounds just like my life, and I thought I was the only one. Others will find a new awareness: I had no idea it was like that.

You will watch a family and marriage almost be destroyed by the contagious effects of PTSD. Yes, PTSD is contagiousthe family can take on the symptoms, even to the point of full-blown PTSD. Debbie was one of those people.

When she finally sought help, two different therapists advised her to get a divorce. Walk away from her husband? He was only nineteen when he fought for his country. What if we all walked away?

She chose to stay and stand by her values, next to the man that she vowed to love, honor, and care for in sickness and in health. And it almost destroyed her.

With Gods help, she received strength to overcome her fear and anger. She became compassionate and forgiving to her husband. But most of all she learned to cherish the life God had given her by regaining her health and happiness, realizing it was necessary to have the physical and emotional strength to care for her husband.

As Debbie began to discover resources and find solutions for her problems, she found that many other people were suffering as well. She realized sharing those solutions was her life purposewhat she had been preparing for her entire life. Debbies gift to you is A Stranger in My Bed:  8 Steps to Taking Your Life Back From The Contagious Effects Of Your Veterans Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 181g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 11 Jul 2013
  • Publisher: Morgan James Publishing llc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781614485742

About Debbie Sprague

Debbie Sprague earned her bachelors degree in therapeutic recreation with a minor in psychology graduating with honors from California State University (CSU) Chico. She also pursued postgraduate work in gerontology at CSU Chico and University of Southern California (USC) Percy Andrus Gerontology Center. Her masters thesis a successful grant proposal brought the first Older America Act funds into Shasta County California. The program she created has now been providing services to the community of Anderson California for more than thirty years.Debbie is also a board certified life/career coach and recreation therapist and holds a community college teaching credential in health and physical care services.Debbies life has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for others. She has worked with and/or created social service and health programs for the elderly and disabled adaptive recreation programs for handicapped children creative activities for residents in skilled nursing facilities classes on independent living skills for seniors and travel companies that specialize in providing escorted tours for senior citizens.Debbie has personally experienced the challenges of caregiving during her sons losing battle with cancer and caring for her late mother-in-law. In 2004 Debbies husband a Vietnam veteran was diagnosed with complications from exposure to Agent Orange and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Life dramatically changed for them and in 2006 Debbie was also diagnosed with PTSD. Debbie then used her gift for creating programs to take on the challenge of finding answers and solutions for spouses who become overwhelmed and lost in the world of caregiving and PTSD.Debbie is a grass-roots volunteer for Family of a Vet where she is a contributing author for their web site and hosts the weekly blog radio show Life after Combat Caregiver Edition PTSD & TBI. She also provides workshops and community education on PTSD and secondary PTSD and is a contributor to the number one international bestseller Wounded? Survive! Thrive!!!Debbie serves as the Vietnam veteran era representative on a focus committee for the National VA Caregiver Peer Support Mentoring Program. She is also an advisory group member for MOAA-Zieders Warrior-Family Roundtable Military Caregivers Financial-Legal Guide Advisory Group.

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