
HEALING FROM HIDDEN SCARS Service members and Veterans
A Practical Guide to Overcoming Complex Trauma and Building Resilience
Edward Young(Author)
Publishdrive
Published on 7. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
330 pages
979-8-90329-863-1 (ISBN)
Description
Healing From Hidden Scars is a field manual for anyone rebuilding a life after childhood trauma, combat stress, TBI, or the ripple effects those wounds cast across a family. Written in plain, tactical language, Edward Young blends neuroscience, veteran voices, and hands-on drills so that healing feels operational-not overwhelming.
Inside you'll find clear explanations of emotional flashbacks and the 4F responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn), step-by-step safety plans, journaling and photography exercises, and family protocols that stop crises from becoming mission failures. Practical tools-short grounding scripts, daily routines, a Personal Story Assessment, and a compact Healing Charter-are offered as repeatable drills you can use tomorrow. There are also guides for choosing trauma-informed therapists, protecting caregivers from complex secondary PTSD, and building community supports.
Short on theory, long on usable tactics, this book turns small, consistent moves into lasting change. Pick one regulation drill, run it daily, and let this manual help you reclaim safety, rebuild identity, and carry forward a life shaped by purpose rather than pain.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-90329-863-1 (9798903298631)
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