eBook 3rd Floor Flowers Poetry for PTSD A Collective Project by Trauma Survivors

Poetry for PTSD: Voices of Survival, Healing & Hope
By Melinda Barss & Global Contributors | Healing Light Press

A soul-stirring collection of poetry written by survivors—for survivors.
This book is a sacred space where pain meets purpose, and silence is transformed into powerful expression.

Poetry for PTSD brings together the voices of people across the globe who have experienced trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and deep emotional wounds—and turned their struggles into spiritual strength through poetry. Compiled by holistic healer, trauma-informed author, and mental health advocate Melinda Barss, this collection is both a personal and collective journey of transformation.

With heartfelt poems, this anthology touches on themes of trauma, healing, resilience, forgiveness, inner peace, and spiritual awakening. It offers a gentle companion for anyone walking the path of emotional recovery.

🌿 What You'll Find Inside:

• Deeply moving poems by real survivors
• Emotional support for PTSD, anxiety, and trauma
• Messages of strength, hope, and empowerment
• A holistic and spiritual approach to mental wellness
• Writing that validates and uplifts your journey

Whether you're a survivor yourself, a mental health professional, or someone supporting a loved one, Poetry for PTSD is a healing resource and reminder: you are not alone, and your voice matters.

Hello dear brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, friends, and supporters:

This is an array of voices, an outlet, put to paper by multiple trauma and abuse survivors and those diagnosed with a mental illness, namely, (C)PTSD (Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) from all over the world. The following project is led by Melinda Barss, who is a trauma and abuse survivor diagnosed with CPTSD. Her mission is to aid in the healing and advocacy of those who struggle with mental illness. We now become our own warriors with a strong, loud voice. It is beyond time to end the stigma and the maltreatment that goes along with it. We can still hold an important role and be productive members of society; it’s all about finding our strengths, identifying that niche, and giving it our best. We can indeed heal, and as government-published studies have shown, writing is one effective modality of healing in the treatment of trauma, mental illness, and PTSD (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18230238/). This project aims to bring people together and aids as a healing tool to gather strength and inspiration. Trust me, you are NOT alone, ever. Each poem and work of art has the author's name or anonymous at their discretion attached before their submission(s). Thank you for your vulnerability, strength, contribution, thoughts, and feelings, which you have all bravely submitted for this project.

Together, we can form community, togetherness, a connection, and support by coming together in projects as such, knowing we are never truly alone and perhaps can relate in some ways to one another on differing levels and intensities. This project is to bring awareness to love and shed light on the darkness that goes on in the world and, resulting in dimming and messing up people’s once-stable minds. To have a mental illness doesn’t necessarily mean you are always “mentally unstable,” but perhaps it sheds light on instances and stretches of this until rehabilitation is reached. “According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, about 1 billion people in the world suffer from mental illness. One person dies of suicide every 40 seconds (Epidemiol Psychiatry Sci. 2023; 32: e63.).” Rest in heavenly peace to all of those we knew and lost to this diagnosis and mental health struggles. I feel as though at least everyone knows someone who has died as a result of suicide and/or addiction overdoses. We can band together and become stronger, leaning on one another for support when we cannot seem to handle the rest of society and the world. Thank you for your vulnerability, strength, contribution, thoughts, and feelings, which you have all bravely submitted for this project. Thank you, brave warriors, gods, and powerful goddesses. We find light in the dark, community, ourselves, and each other.

Contributions from as follows as per their consent: FyreWolf, Meghan MacMillan, Mahmoud S Torabian, Lynn Sky, Markus Nugent, Ginger Ferrazzano, Sarina Selig (Shakti), Stacey Nicole, Alshaad Kara, Lisa Walsh-Kirk, Himanshu Menta, Mairdontcare, MonicaB Real, Keri Dyson and all the anonymous contributors. You are all loved and very appreciated.

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