Trauma Matters - Spring 2015 newsletter

My brother was a terrible hoarder before he developed his psychosis. He had cans of cheep food that he would buy but he wouldn't eat them. He got down to 95 lbs or so and the cans of food would be 10 years old. He ate catchup that he would get from McConalds. It was like he had come from the Great Depression and in a way he had. He had old tv' sand chainsaws and could not part w/ them. Worse he hoarded his money in his single wide trailer. I found some ...my mom found more but undoubtedly when the state sold his only home, there was more. I was sad.

My "hoarding behavior" kicked in, with this issue. It's so [trauma-informed] explanative, I want to keep a [printed] copy to show others, especially the Book Review of Bessel van der Kolk's:"The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the healing of trauma", the Love Soup Story (which is a vegetarian version of some mass casualty planning to feed "First Responders", that I've been involved with before.), the item on Dr. Frank Putnam, etc.! I'd certainly recommend it for men to read, also!