Post Traumatic - A Black Physician's Journey Through PTSD

Many people were surprised when thishighly successful doctor''s life seem to unravelafter being attacked by a patient. The shame,embarrassment and arm chair diagnoses givento him by those around him were difficult tobear. In reality he had come to believe that hewas finally "safe" and had "arrived" only toexperience death threats, stalking and physicalattacks that resurrected earlier traumas fromtheir quiescence."It no longer bothers me that others didn''tunderstand or accept my illness, but if I wereto heal I needed to be honest with myself andhelp others who may be struggling with PostTraumatic Stress Disorder."