The Camouflaged Heart
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Introduction
I once met with a military chaplain who was very kind to me. He said, “Susie, you have infilitrated a brotherhood that doesn't trust anyone except each other. You are what we call a “wounded healer.” A wounded healer is someone who has come through trauma and survived to tell the tale of how they recovered as a means to help others. I didn't understand the statement he made at the time, but I can see clearly now what he meant by it. I have been in the “trenches” of injury, self-defeat, post-traumatic stress (PTSD), and traumatic brain injury (TBI) from the car accidents I experienced. The soldiers I have befriended along my path of recovery from my injuries told me it doesn't matter whether I have ever been to war or if I have ever served in the military. I know trauma. I know PTSD and with that I have crawled out of the trenches and am extending my hand to the others who are trying to climb their way out towards recovery too. If you know someone who suffers from TBI or PTSD, or maybe you are the one suffering from their impact on your life, this story is for you. I challenge you to believe that life isn't about suffering. It's about growth. Growing from our experiences whether they appear to be good or bad, is all part of living our lives. Consider that maybe our trauma is part of our evolution as a human being, not the breaking down of a human being.
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I challenge you to believe that life isn’t about suffering; it’s about growth. Growing from our experiences whether they appear to be good or bad, is all part of living our lives. Consider that maybe our trauma is part of our evolution as a human being, not the breaking down of a human being.
About the Author
Susie Guckin, a “Warriors At Ease” and McLean Meditation Institute certified meditation teacher and Reiki II practitioner walks you through her personal story of injuries that go far beyond what the eye could ever see. She was injured in two car accidents, but never sustained a single, external scratch from either of them. However, the internal brain injuries left a lasting and confusing impact on her life, creating long term memory loss that has not been recovered. Her journey of recognition, acceptance, education, and development of tools to help her heal from traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress (PTSD), and trauma was divinely guided and inspired through her time volunteering with the wounded and transitioning troops at the local Army base. She has given talks on TBI, PTSD, and meditation at Community Medical Center Hospital, Toms River, NJ and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. She has also participated as an energy work practitioner for veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) at the Blue Cliff Monastery: Veterans Mindfulness Retreat in Pine Bush, New York. She is the owner of “Peaceful Warriors” (www.peacefulwarriormeditation.us), where she offers trauma-sensitive meditation and energy work in her hometown at the Jersey Shore.
She is a “Warriors At Ease” certified trauma-sensitive meditation teacher with advanced training in military combat stress, trauma, post-traumatic stress, and resiliency. She is also a McLean Meditation Institute, “Simple Easy Every Day (S.E.E.D. ©) certified meditation teacher with training in stress management and stress reduction. She is also a Reiki II practitioner.