Tag: trauma

Man Rescued From an Abusive Family, Now Adopts and Fosters Children in Need

His inspiring true story will be a powerful therapy for those who are fighting traumas, the hopeless and the vulnerable, to believe in a better and happier future. (Video courtesy of fosterdadflipper) …


Pennsylvania Woman Arrested at Doctor’s Office, Declined Care Over Refusal to Wear a Face Mask

Rayne Barton, 62, didn’t expect that her first visit to the doctor in months would end in arrest, but there she was on July 22, in the waiting room with her wrists handcuffed behind her back. She would not be seeing the doctor that day. Barton, of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, would not leave as requested after she…


Nurturing Love From Pain

In her late 40s, Judy Crotchett would pick up a teenager named Richard from a group home in Kansas City, Missouri, on the weekends. This relationship with the troubled youth changed the direction of his life—and hers. Nearly 30 years later, and still mentoring Richard—who now has a family of his own—Crotchett has signed up…


Pennsylvania Trauma Survivor, Unable to Wear Mask, Is Denied Medical Treatment

Rayne Barton vividly remembers a day when she was 5 years old, playing with other little girls near the train tracks in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Her own house was nearby, and her aunt lived around the corner. On this day, a large group of teenage boys came upon the girls, separated them, and…


Aid Volunteers in Ukraine Also Facing Trauma Themselves

Volunteers seeking to aid some of the three million refugees coming across the border from Ukraine will experience anguish themselves, said a Trauma Therapy counselor to The Epoch Times on March 15. “It’s essential that volunteers who have little or no experience dealing with traumatized adults and children get ready for what they are about…


Aid Volunteers in Ukraine Facing Trauma Themselves

Volunteers seeking to aid some of the 3 million refugees coming across the border from Ukraine are experiencing anguish themselves, a trauma therapy counselor told The Epoch Times on March 15. “It’s essential that volunteers who have little or no experience dealing with traumatized adults and children get ready for what they are about to…


Childhood Trauma Creates Seeds of Disease

Every day, we are exposed to things such as pollution that can increase our risk of illness. Many people take on additional risks—due to tobacco smoke, fast food, or alcohol, for example. But there’s a less-recognized exposure that is even more common than smoking and increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, chronic lung diseases, sexually transmitted infections, chronic…


A Rarely Used Therapy May Help Trauma Survivors

Awareness of the effects of trauma in veterans, survivors of natural disasters, wars, terrorism, accidents, crimes, and child abuse is growing. Regardless of when the terrifying events occurred or what form they took, trauma-related conditions often include flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, depression, insomnia, preoccupation with frightening thoughts, alcohol and drug addiction, difficulty with jobs and interpersonal…


‘Endless Torment’: Soldier’s Mum Speaks of Culture of Bullying at Veteran Suicide Inquiry

When Nikki Jamieson saw her son, Daniel Garforth, go off to join the Australian Defence Forces in 2012, she did not expect it would set him on a course that would end with him dying by suicide. However, in November 2014, the 21-year-old army private took his own life at Darwin’s Robertson Barracks. He left a…


Firefighter Photographed Reading Storybook to Little Girl at Scene of Accident, Goes Viral

In a moment of trauma, a calm voice can be as invaluable as any medical care first responders can provide at the scene of an accident. In Billings, Montana, one firefighter on Sept. 29 encountered a little girl at the scene of a motor vehicle collision near the intersection of Broadwater Avenue and Second Street;…