This zine is available here in print form in a quantity of 5, as they are meant to be distributed. They come with random-color covers. This zine is also available to read for free or to print yourself here.
The truth is: bad things will happen to us. It’s part of living in the world, and if you are a person who is heavily engaged in the world — meaning you’re involved in politics, or activism, or even just curious about the world — you will probably be exposed on a more regular basis to bad things that can cause trauma. But even if you’re not involved in any of those things, you will still encounter difficulties in the course of your life. There’s nothing that can keep you from having traumatic experiences.
The good news: this has always been the case for people. We’ve always done this. And the other good news is that we actually know a lot about what goes into resilience. We have lots of stories and some research to show that when bad things happen to us, there is an approach that actually can help catalyze really impressive strength and change our life in a positive direction.
This zine aims to help you build resiliency against trauma and to minimize the effect of a traumatic event (or events) on your life. Please don’t confuse it for a guidebook showing you the path to happiness and fulfillment. What we hope to express is how to bounce back quickly — and hopefully even thrive — after traumatic experiences.
This zine is part of the Live Like the World is Dying skills series, an ever-growing collection of zines about basic community preparedness topics. Each will explore different essential skills and are designed to be printed and held on to as reference material. You have our blessing to print and distribute these zines as widely as you are capable, so long as you do not do so for profit and ideally distribute them for free.
This zine is available here in print form in a quantity of 5, as they are meant to be distributed. They come with random-color covers. This zine is also available to read for free or to print yourself here.
The truth is: bad things will happen to us. It’s part of living in the world, and if you are a person who is heavily engaged in the world — meaning you’re involved in politics, or activism, or even just curious about the world — you will probably be exposed on a more regular basis to bad things that can cause trauma. But even if you’re not involved in any of those things, you will still encounter difficulties in the course of your life. There’s nothing that can keep you from having traumatic experiences.
The good news: this has always been the case for people. We’ve always done this. And the other good news is that we actually know a lot about what goes into resilience. We have lots of stories and some research to show that when bad things happen to us, there is an approach that actually can help catalyze really impressive strength and change our life in a positive direction.
This zine aims to help you build resiliency against trauma and to minimize the effect of a traumatic event (or events) on your life. Please don’t confuse it for a guidebook showing you the path to happiness and fulfillment. What we hope to express is how to bounce back quickly — and hopefully even thrive — after traumatic experiences.
This zine is part of the Live Like the World is Dying skills series, an ever-growing collection of zines about basic community preparedness topics. Each will explore different essential skills and are designed to be printed and held on to as reference material. You have our blessing to print and distribute these zines as widely as you are capable, so long as you do not do so for profit and ideally distribute them for free.
