Have you ever seen the movie, The Wedding Singer? Adam Sandler plays a – spoiler alert – wedding singer who gets left at the altar.

He and his intended meet the next day to talk. Long story short, she said, “I don’t ever want to marry you.”

He replied, “Geez, that information might have been a little more useful to me YESTERDAY.”

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I HAVE FELT AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF MY TRAUMA RECOVERY JOURNEY. I’m just bopping along, trying different strategies and therapies, going to doctor visits and reading books, and some random person will tell me a vital fact and I will throw my hands up and say, “THIS INFORMATION WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY USEFUL YESTERDAY.”

Is it just me? Being in the mental health system for almost 20 years, I’ve got to believe that other trauma survivors feel this way. This is why I made little informational booklet with the five things I WISH I had known about trauma recovery when I started back in the early 2000s.

So What’s in it for Trauma Survivors?

Excellent question!

These five things encompass what I wish I would have known when I started. I’m talking about some pretty “Captain Obvious” stuff that I wish someone had sat me down and told me. This appeals to my structured, orderly, linear side. I can function creatively within structure. I can accept the twists and turns of healing with the comfort of some structure.

While it is freeing and comforting to know that there’s no “one” or “right” way to heal from different traumas in our lives, there also isn’t a definitive guidebook that tells us what to expect.

Our journeys are different, yes, but we share some important principles. Really good, hopeful, supportive things.

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