The pain of loos is the same
all over the world no matter which soldier from which troop or of which
nationality dies. They all leave behind a huge gap. Often such losses are burdened
with shame and guilt for instance with questions such as “why he and not me?”,
“I should have prevented it”, “I was not able to say goodbye” etc. Not only a
death of a beloved one can be incriminating. For example, also humanitarian
commitments in disaster areas or fleeing from a familiar environment can change
a human for the rest of his life.
Not
only soldiers are affected
There are also people who
themselves or within their family have suffered a severe destiny. For instance, let’s think about at the “Verdingchildren”
and their families. Here too, there are often unprocessed mourn, guilt and feelings
of shame that burden. Mostly our specialists from hospitals, social
institutions and our first responders are forgotten. Often, they all come to
their limits and sometimes must put away unbearable. Our events are also designed for all these
target groups. Together we try to lay down incriminating experiences, thoughts
and also thinking about our deceased beloved ones, wounded comrades, friends
and family members.
Are
these events religious?
Our events are absolutely
confession neutral (we do not favor any religious alignment). The events are
usually carried out in co-operation with the police, fire department, sanitary,
military, hospice, humanitarian and also NPO organizations. We are trained with
a national known program from Deborah Grassman, which we now also offer to the
German speaking parts of Europe.
Burnout
and esteem
Often, people with burnout
do not consider themselves or their commitment to be esteemed. Our especially
aligned events and seminars give the possibility to close this valve.
To
be able to forgive
A study on forgiveness, which
the American Psychological Association has published in 2006, has come to the
conclusion that forgiveness effectively has advantages. So forgiveness promotes
physical and psychological health. It helps to reconcile offender and victim
and it can also help to promote hope for conflict solving in the world. SOUL
INJURY® shows with a few and comprehensive steps how a forgiveness process can
be meaningfully accompanied. This knowledge can also be very well integrated
into the work of restorative justice.
Until the 1960’s Swiss
authorities took away and hired out (verdingt) ten thousand children from their
families. Mostly they were handed out to farmers where they had to work like
slaves. They were beaten, molested, raped, humiliated, had to sleep in the barn
and were hungry. In 2014 a study from Switzerland could for instance document
that “Verdingchildren”, caused by the early suffering due to the foreign
placement, still suffer today. They found out, that many of the over 141 questioned cases are
likely to suffer from a PTSD.
(Quellen: SRF und netzwerk-verdingt.ch /Maercker, Krammer, &
Simmen-Janevska, 2015)
"When I was only six years old
a man came on a horse and wagon from Gondiswil and stopped at our farm. He
cried at my mother: “ Come on, just give me the brat and he will finally learn
how to work.” I will probably never forget this day and the rude voice of the
man"
Albrecht Zaugg, Switzerland
(Quelle Bundeswehr Berlin, 24.04.2019)
(Quelle: NHPCO National Hospice and Palliative Care Organisation USA, 2019)
(Quelle: Uno Flüchtlingshilfe Deutschland, 2019)
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