PTSD Recovery Group-Client Manual

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Relapse, Recovery, and Resiliency A Relapse is when you go back to your old way of handling problems. For example, if you smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for years and then quit for six months, it would relapse if you went back to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. *Important: Relapses are a normal part of getting better. Relapses are an opportunity to remember and use new skills. We only get better when we are tested. Relapses give us a chance to get better by being tested, using new skills and improving outcomes. Recovery is when you recognize you have slipped back into your old habits and decide to use new skills instead of continuing the old pattern. Resiliency is learning to not give up when tested and learning that you can overcome what you thought you could not overcome. Learning is changing your behavior, in addition to thinking new thoughts. When you use your new skills and resist your old habits and patterns, you learn something new. Resiliency is using new skills when you’ve started to use the old patters and habits again. Relapse, recovery, and resiliency are key parts of getting better. Remember: It is not how many times you fall down that counts, it is how many times you get back up. How have you already experienced relapse, recovery and resiliency in your life?_____ _________________________________________________________________________ 58
Relapse Signs Unlike with smoking or drinking, relapses can be less obvious with PTSD and you may not notice that you are slipping back into old habits. So be sure to look for signs in your own behavior and enlist help from others! 1. What I would expect to hear from my partner if I were relapsing:_________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 2. What I would expect to hear from others (co-workers, friends, family) if I were relapsing:______ __________________________________________________________________________ Additional relapse signs to look for: 3. Sleep patterns:______________________________________________________________ 4. Anger expressions:__________________________________________________________ 5. Memories and nightmares_____________________________________________________ 6. Depression, avoidance, safety behaviors_________________________________________ 7. Relationship and emotional numbing difficulties____________________________________ 8. Alcohol and drug use________________________________________________________ 9. Other relapse signs:_________________________________________________________ Relapse Plan: If I slip or relapse I will: Use my tools: breath, self-talk, and best-self statement Re-read the PTSD Recovery manual Set up an appointment with my PTSD counselor Talk to an old friend or loved one Call the veterans crisis hotline Walk around the VA hospital ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ 59
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PTSD Recovery Program Treatment Man
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Session 1 Agenda What is the PTSD R
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Group Rules and Guidelines for Part
Page 7 and 8: Some Facts about PTSD The symptoms
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Page 11 and 12: What Causes PTSD? As humans, we are
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