Examines the feelings of loneliness and mistrust suffered by trauma survivors, explores how these feelings affect personal relationships, and suggests ways of negotiating and coping with the trauma for improved relationships.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Taking an inventory of your relationships -- Exile: feeling like Frankenstein -- Trust -- Relationships and the physiology of trauma -- Limited psychic energy: causes and coping techniques -- Guilt -- Mind-Sets -- When your loved ones set off your triggers -- Positive contributions of trauma to relationships -- You and your traumatized self -- Protectiveness, entitlement, and jealousy -- Revictimization and reenactment -- Telling your story -- To significant others -- Appendix A: Books on Trauma -- Appendix B: Reactions to Traumatic Stress