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You have survived the crisis—trauma, disease, accident, or war—now how do you get your life back?

A traumatic or near-death experience can change every aspect of the survivor’s being. It can erase the body’s learned adaptations, and in some cases, those who live through such a shock suffer more in the aftermath than they did during the actual crisis. In all cases, they must work hard to reinvent themselves. Combining harrowing tales of survival with lucid explanations of the science behind the body’s reactions to trauma, Surviving Survival offers a valuable and “intriguing argument about the adaptability of the human spirit” (National Geographic Traveler).

ISBN-13: 9780393346633

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Norton - W. W. & Company - Inc.

Publication Date: 10-14-2013

Pages: 272

Product Dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Laurence Gonzales is the author of Surviving Survival, Flight 232, and the bestseller Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. He has won two National Magazine Awards and is a scholar at the Sante Fe Institute. He divides his time between Evanston, Illinois, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Prologue: No Way Home 1

1 Be Here Now: From Victim to Rescuer 9

2 The Crocodile Within: The Burden of Invisible Memory 20

3 The Way of Survival: Rage in the Realm of the Spirits 36

4 The Gift of Adversity: A Survivor's Attitude and the Personal Scum Line 50

5 The Tyranny of Reason: Blindsight, Gut Feelings, and the Sixth Sense 66

6 Want It, Need It, Have It: Of Phantom Limbs and Children 87

7 See One, Do One, Teach One: The Secret of Seeking 103

8 "Please, God, Let Me Kill Her": Dismantling the Self 120

9 Searching for Frankenstein: Knitting with Words 132

10 Lessons from Ishmael: The Neurophysiology of Travel 145

11 The Bear: One Flew East, One Flew West 161

12 The Bricklayer: The Long Way Home 176

13 The Courage to Suffer: If He Can Do It, You Can, Too 187

14 The Science of Adaptation: There's No Revenge Like Success 201

15 The Rules of Life 210

Author's Note 223

Notes 225

References 235

Acknowledgments 243

Credits 243

Index 245