🛡️ Student Mental Health Series *coming soon
Course overview
Lesson Overview

9.04 – Understanding PTSD from Non-Military Trauma: PTSD doesn’t only affect soldiers—it can appear after any event that made you fear for your life or someone else’s. Car accidents, abuse, shootings, or even ongoing stress can cause flashbacks, nightmares, or emotional numbness. These symptoms are your brain’s way of saying something painful remains unresolved. When your mind replays the danger, it’s trying to make sense of what happened. Understanding PTSD means realizing you’re not weak or broken; your brain is overprotecting you. Learning grounding skills, such as deep breathing, sensory awareness, and self-talk, helps calm the body’s emergency response. Safe conversations with professionals or trusted people can slowly separate the past from the present. Recovery happens when your body learns that the moment of danger has ended. Each day you rebuild control, your story shifts from survival to strength, and healing becomes possible again.

About this course

Trauma-informed mental wellness lessons that help students manage emotions, build resilience, and stay safe in real-world situations—like bullying, grief, violence, and poverty. Built for schools, youth programs, and Medicaid-compliant services.

This course includes:
  • Step-by-step guidance for handling social pressure, conflict, and unsafe situations
  • Stories and messages that encourage students to speak up, stay safe, and take control of their future
  • Flexible learning options for classrooms, after-school programs, and independent use

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