Where Does It Hurt? - by Joshua Okpara (Paperback)

About the Book

In this thought-provoking book, I want to give you the tools needed to effectively diagnose your issues and walk you through the steps to recovery. We must all learn to identify where it hurts.

Book Synopsis

People of every culture and society are facing the dilemma of trauma. The traditional view of trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event. Although this definition is befitting to describe trauma, its limitations create room for confusion. How do we measure what a horrific event is? Can trauma be measured?

Because of the limited definition, many don't take the time to properly diagnose what they are feeling before identifying it as traumatic. This word gets thrown around too quickly without much context, which causes many to fall victim to self-diagnosing their situation as a traumatic event without truly understanding what they are truly feeling.

This misdiagnosis can have you placing a magnifying glass over your circumstances, leaving you in a traumatic state with no solution or tools to identify what you're feeling correct.

Trauma is inevitable. We will all, at some stage, experience an unpleasing event that will trigger an emotional response. How you respond will determine how long your trauma last.

Knowing where it hurts is critical to your road to recovery. Proper diagnosis is needed before healing can take place.

In this thought-provoking book, I want to give you the tools needed to effectively diagnose your issues and walk you through the steps to recovery. We must all learn to identify where it hurts.

Review Quotes

As always Pastor Josh, excellent work on this book! Very thought-provoking. I must say, your piece about laziness affecting our ability to effectively diagnose our issues was off-putting at first. My initial thought was that laziness was probably not the best term to use in this circumstance; but, your explanation on laziness and how it negatively applies to our diagnostics process was so eye-opening. It has really stuck with me. I would have never thought of it in that way, but I honestly agree! It may not seem like laziness, but at the root of it, it is! There's an unwillingness to put in work to dig deep and look at the roots of our issues. That process can definitely be scary, and introspective work takes a lot of maturity and honesty. Furthermore, I appreciate your consideration to add that one should talk this process through with someone else. It is very helpful and there's also accountability there to be honest with yourself and your situation, as well as uncover things you may not have considered on your own. All in all, this book is excellent and necessary. Definitely an on-time word.

• Jada Spruill - Founder of Saphar's Page