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Virtual Reality and Social Media Help Trauma Survivors Connect and Find Community Through
- Reconnection with other PTSD survivors, their spouses, parents, children, families and loved ones.
- Education about PTSD live and "in-person"
- Awareness‐Raising and Stigma‐Busting Activities
- Consumer‐Savvy Guidance for Finding Care
Fearless Nation PTSD Support is the first PTSD support organization to offer community and support in a virtual reality environment. We offer reconnection with others (a core element for PTSD recovery), education and guidance in coping with the symptoms and treatment of PTSD using the latest research and scientific information.
This empowers them to take control of their care and recovery, based on the individual, a focal point for this forward‐thinking organization.
Fearless Nation encourages participants to author their own individual recovery, pushing away “one-size-fits-all” solutions in favor of the unique set of variables each trauma survivor brings to treatment.
At the same time, it encourages the sharing and intercommunication between people from a range of vocations.
“Whether you experienced trauma in the line of duty, in your work, or involuntarily, it is very important to mingle with people of all vocations to reconnect and share your trauma,“ states Colleen M. Crary, Founder and Executive Director of Fearless Nation. “This includes those from other nations, cultures, and ethnicities. One finds that they not alone in PTSD, but that they have a common family across the globe.
“PTSD does not discriminate, “ says Crary. “It deeply affects any human it touches. Having a one‐world view of PTSD not only helps trauma survivors, but is forward thinking. Grief is grief, pain is pain. The origin of a trauma may vary from person to person, but the feelings of isolation, guilt, and anxiety are the same.”
To make a big planet small and sociable, Fearless Nation offers a virtual reality environment as part of its programming so that participants can not only interact in a 3‐D “realistic” environment, but also try various relaxation techniques and monitor their feelings/reactions, yet maintain a sense
of safety, anonymity and privacy by doing these things from their home PC.
This spans distances, bad weather, traffic, and is a green way to meet comfortably before taking the strength gained from virtual participation into their own communities and cities.
“Social interaction is very difficult for those affected by trauma because their trust in others has been compromised,” observes Crary. “Using a virtual environment to reconnect with others and participate in science‐based techniques for recovery allows users to acclimate to social interaction, and eventually rejoin the community that waits outside their front doors.”
Once the realm of gaming and role‐playing enthusiasts, the technology of virtual 3D worlds online is is now being used to support and help heal those with trauma.
“We encourage the use of biofeedback hardware, software, and smartphone apps now readily available and affordable to consumers, to monitor and regain control over their responses to their activities in the virtual world," Crary states. “If things start to feel uncomfortable, one can shut off the PC, or walk away for a few minutes to collect themselves before jumping back in and engaging with others."
"The point is to build up tolerance to anxiety‐producing stimuli in a virtual space, while remaining safe at home. But the end goal is to eventually leave the virtual world and venture out to the real world armed with the confidence and experience gained knowing that one has a supportive online team cheering them on.”
The organization welcomes PTSD sufferers, their spouses, children, parents families, friends, and therapists, war veterans, law enforcement personnel, emergency response workers, and survivors of sexual abuse, child abuse,
torture, crime, human trafficking, man‐made and natural disaster survivors, and survivors of all physical, psychological, and verbal trauma who are experiencing post trauma symptoms and issues.
Fearless Nation PTSD Support is a 501c3 Non Profit Public Charity that provides free community support for all post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferers, their family, friends and therapists through raising
awareness and education about PTSD based in proven science in order to banish the stigma and misinformation associated with the condition.
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