http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/12/06/surviving-war-trauma/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 /2008/12/06/surviving-war-trauma/#comment-31558 Ana Turck Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:59:28 +0000 http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/?p=1282#comment-31558 Teach. It is the only way. Teach. It is the only way.

]]> /2008/12/06/surviving-war-trauma/#comment-31330 Anonymous Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:21:08 +0000 http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/?p=1282#comment-31330 I am from Mostar. I emigrated 15 years ago and have finally recognised that i need help with my ptsd. Mostar will simply not leave me. I cannot tear away from the constant repeat of the same show - start of the war, loss, pain, confusion, fear, and again loss and more loss. i hope there is a way to make peace with it. a photo, a sound, a smell is all it takes for me to fall back into the memory that sucks the energy out of me. I am soooo ready to move on and i hope i can. I am from Mostar. I emigrated 15 years ago and have finally recognised that i need help with my ptsd. Mostar will simply not leave me. I cannot tear away from the constant repeat of the same show – start of the war, loss, pain, confusion, fear, and again loss and more loss. i hope there is a way to make peace with it. a photo, a sound, a smell is all it takes for me to fall back into the memory that sucks the energy out of me. I am soooo ready to move on and i hope i can.

]]> /2008/12/06/surviving-war-trauma/#comment-4611 Amila Jašarević Thu, 21 May 2009 13:50:47 +0000 http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/?p=1282#comment-4611 Sadly, many of us still fight with the consequences of the war. A few days ago I was in a food store where there were a lot of empty shelves, I guess they were restocking or something. And all of a sudden I felt my blood turning to ice and I panicked because those empty shelves brought me right back to the war and I ran out of the store, grasping for air. That never happened to me before. You never know when it's going to hit you.. Sadly, many of us still fight with the consequences of the war. A few days ago I was in a food store where there were a lot of empty shelves, I guess they were restocking or something. And all of a sudden I felt my blood turning to ice and I panicked because those empty shelves brought me right back to the war and I ran out of the store, grasping for air. That never happened to me before. You never know when it’s going to hit you..

]]> /2008/12/06/surviving-war-trauma/#comment-1168 Ken Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:32:22 +0000 http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/?p=1282#comment-1168 Ana: thank you so much for this incredibly honest and powerful piece! Your vulnerability in sharing this shows, in actuality, your strength—and your desire not only to help people heal but to change the systems of oppression. Ana: thank you so much for this incredibly honest and powerful piece! Your vulnerability in sharing this shows, in actuality, your strength—and your desire not only to help people heal but to change the systems of oppression.

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