A Mothers Journey: A Story of Drugs, Suicide, and Survival
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She lost her only son at the age of twenty-three to suicide. Doppelt lives in New Jersey. She has a daughter. Product details File Size: March 6, Sold by: Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Showing of 2 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews.
There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. A story of Drugs, Suicide, and Survival. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. The courage for a Mother to write about her troubled child and her survival and strength and courage to remain whole. If this book helps one family it is worth all of the Mother's agony to get the story out! I knew Josh and he was a great person..
I went to high school with him and he was a big influence in my life. This is a wonderful book thank you for sharing this. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. A Story of Drugs, Suicide, and Survival.
Set up a giveaway. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Learn more about Amazon Prime. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Explore the Home Gift Guide. I remember asking a nurse in my room with all the voice I could muster at the time if she would help me drink it since I was too weak to really hold the cup. I ended up spilling the blazing hot tea all over my chest and my right shoulder giving me a scar. The nurse actually yelled at me for being clumsy as she resentfully patted me down with a towel.
I have a single strong memory of her, my youth pastor and the pastor who had been giving my fiance and I premarital counseling, standing around my bed, laying hands on me as I wretched blood as if from a scene out of the movie The Exorcist. As they prayed for me, my body suddenly became very calm and I fell into a deep sleep. When I woke up, I was starving, but felt much better. The pain in my stomach and down my throat was much more faint. That first meal tasted like heaven to me at the time.
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The next thing I remember was a conversation with my family where I cried as I apologized for what I had put them through. They spoke words of love and encouragement as they held me and we all cried together. I had looked up to Andrew who had only been a few years older than my sister Bethany. He was such a kind guy who had always seemed really successful. I wondered why I had survived and he had died.
As soon as I was well enough to be able to leave the hospital, I was required by law to go to a psychiatric ward for an evaluation over the course of a few days. There was a nice EMT who rode beside me as I was strapped to a gurney in the ambulance transporting me to the mental health ward. He asked permission to know what had made me want to kill myself.
I remember seeing deep empathy for me in his eyes as they teared up and he said he was sorry and that he hoped I would find a way to be able to feel better soon. I met many interesting characters. My roommate suffered from severe schizophrenia and would scream at me each night, telling me to stop staring at her even though I was facing against the wall as I lay in my bed on the opposite side of the room. There was an older gentleman, resembling a grey haired Danny Glover, who would constantly come up to me and the other women in the ward while holding out his arms as he asked for a hug spoken in a baby voice as he rocked back and forth.
This guy refused to wear any clothes besides a hospital gown, tighty-whities, and socks. Each day I was there, I went to a group session where we did something like art or pet therapy and then I had a private session with a counselor. My counselor was a kind and gentle woman. That I could be a phoenix rising from the ashes, a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. It was a metaphor I rolled with. A few months later I would get my first tattoo of a butterfly with a verse reference of Genesis To this day I think about living my life in a way as big and fulfilling enough for all three of us.
I decided to take a semester off from college so I could return after my ex had graduated. I would live at home and go through more counseling as I worked part time. It felt like judgement and abandonment. Doctors could not treat or diagnose my symptoms for over 18 months! I had to drop out of my classes again, only 4 months before I was to graduate.
There were times my symptoms caused me such pain and isolation, I longed for any kind of relief…even if that meant to disappear.
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But I never ever entertained the idea of trying to end my life again. If the thought came to mind, I would always immediately remember how my sweet younger brother had broken out in hives, so bad they bled, due to the stress of my suicide attempt. That imagery was always more painful to me than whatever challenge I was dealing with in the present moment. I decided to make it through each day, a moment at a time. I would do whatever I needed to in order to hold on until the next day.
I was going to hold on to whatever I could, hoping this next storm in my life would soon break. Thankfully it did, on June 20th, , when I finally found the relief from my symptoms. The desperately needed relief came through Rapid Trauma Resolution, an advanced clinical hypnotherapy. I am so very thankful for the support of my dad and my brother, as well as all of my friends and family, who have been there with me through thick and thin.
Back then, I had no idea I would meet Dr. Jon Connelly , founder of Rapid Resolution Therapy , and find such an immediately effective treatment to alleviate my symptoms of PTSD, grief, depression, anxiety, and Conversion Disorder. Or that I would get the chance to share my story on the TEDx stage so I could speak out against the silence, stigmas, and other assumptions surrounding mental health illness.
Everyday, especially now as I count my blessings, I pray for those in need of a voice and support. The most reassuring thing anyone could give me was there presence and listening ear.
He asked permission to know what had made me want to kill myself. And addiction— when the teen has a difficult time facing the day without drugs. Sign up now for exclusive content and learn how this course will improve your confidence, relationships, wealth, and wellbeing. I was in college, majoring in psychology and missions, a member of Army ROTC, as well as many clubs on campus, taking a full load of classes while also working part time as a nanny. It has dozens of beginnings and no final ending. In response to a panic attack that lasted for a week, I saw a psychiatrist.
I would have appreciated knowing from a young age that there are practices that can prevent or reduce such symptoms like how to use daily routines of exercise, mindfulness, NLP, self hypnosis, meditation, etc. I would have been in the habit of being able to regularly manage my emotions and take control over the meanings I associate to events. This would better equip me to deal with such major crisis in my life. It is during our hormonal teenage years, with underdeveloped prefrontal cortices a part of the brain in control of decision making when we need the practices most.
If I had known the warning signs and symptoms of PTSD, depression or anxiety and the different treatments to make them go away… that it was a good thing to reach out for help and refuse the fear of being shamed or stigmatized — I can see how my illnesses would have been unlikely to occur, persist, or escalate as they did. That our brains are also highly malleable and can learn to process memory, emotions and thoughts differently in an instant through a scientifically proven process called memory reconsolidation!
That it can be reinforced to do so in a healthy way more and more over time. There are many therapies and methods for getting this to happen.
I wish that I would have had that knowledge sooner as well as the courage and determination to seek appropriate and immediate treatment for my symptoms until I found the results I was looking for. If you, or anyone you know, have these symptoms or have thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please know that you are not alone. It is possible to find relief!
I encourage anyone out there in need to seek the help of trained professionals. You can text , a Crisis Textline, anytime day or night and you can always call for immediate help.
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This has helped me survive, quite literally, and has resonated with others as well. Thank you for your work in suicide prevention. Thank you for sharing Laura and everything you to to speak to this community. Thank you for having the courage to share your story. You are a beautiful and resilient person. The world needs people like you for so many reasons.
Editorial Reviews. About the Author. DEBORAH DOPPELT teaches health and physical education in a private, parochial school. She lost her only son at the age . When twenty-three-year-old Joshua Doppelt committed suicide in January of , his death sent ripples throughout his entire family. In this memoir, his mother.
I work with middle school kids as a school counselor and I earnestly believe this is where kids begin to need the most emotional support. Wishing you a beautiful life. Thanks for reading and I really appreciated what you said in your comment.
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Thank you Kristin for sharing your story with us. Because you lived a lot of us have been fortunate enough to have met you and to have been helped by you at the worst time in our lives. Keep up the good work and many blessings to you and your family. Sharon Powers says January 25, Kristin, Thank you for having the courage to share your story. Kristin Rivas says February 2, Thanks for reading and I really appreciated what you said in your comment.
Tori Gadala says January 26, Thank you Kristin for sharing your story with us. Kristin Rivas says February 2, Your words touch my heart Tori, thank you!