Many people experience extremely stressful events.
Wonderfully, most people are able to survive these experiences without developing a serious medical disorder. This does not mean that the path to recovery for those everyone who experiences extremely stressful events and PTSD is an easy journey. For some, the painful journey never ends. For others, the changes that occur are welcomed reframings of their world. Below are some of the sites that chronicle traumatic stress and secondary traumatic stress which can develop as a result of helping those who have been traumatized.