SAN JOSE — After a childhood growing up a victim of human trafficking on the streets of San Jose, Diana Carreras was held prisoner by the grip of post-traumatic stress and depression.
It was sheer luck that she found Recovery Café San Jose; a friend asked for a ride to the downtown healing community and training center, a place Carreras hadn’t heard about. But once there, the 59-year-old found the support that helped her overcome the emotional trauma that had consumed her for so long.
“When I first came in here, I was afraid to speak about my trauma,” Carreras said. “But for the first time I spoke about it here, I was free from it. I was not being held prisoner by it anymore.”
[For more on this story by GILLIAN BRASSIL, go to http://www.mercurynews.com/201...homelessness-trauma/]
Photo: Kevin Martin and Tanya Bautista hang a collection of name tags of members at the Recovery Cafe San Jose. Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in San Jose, California. The 3-year-old program offers food and counseling to people suffering from addiction, homelessness and mental health challenges. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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