Dr. John A. King recovered a memory of childhood sexual abuse after 30 years, which shattered his career and marriage. He spent years testing practical tools to manage PTSD, then compiled them into his Think Big books as concrete strategies, not motivational platitudes.
What would you do if one day you woke up and your entire life as you knew it was destroyed? I don't mean disheveled. I mean decimated. Job-like biblical proportions, like just floored. That's what happened to me. It was about 3 o'clock on a Thursday afternoon. And I had total recall of memories I'd suppressed for, for 30-odd years. Sexual abuse by my parents and their friends from the ages of 4 to 16. I don't know how that stuff ever got repressed, but it did. And when it came back, it decimated everything. My career, my marriage, intimate relationships, strained every fundamental relationship in my life. And my health was gone as well. I spent years trying to find my way back from this abyss called post-traumatic stress. One day I just decided that I was far too resilient and far too tenacious. We call that stubborn, to ever want to end my life as somebody's disorder. And I decided I was going to turn post-traumatic stress into post-traumatic strengths. And I went on a journey. I read everything I could. I talked to anyone who talked to me. I'd listen to anyone who had anything to say. And I started to distill these series of, well, I called them tools because I would take one of those tools, I'd learn it, and I'll put it in my toolbox to try and manage this thing that just wasn't going away. Everyone was telling me I'm going to be cured. It's all going to— it never vanishes. It never goes away. Every day I've had to take a tool, learn how to use that tool, And applied in my life to make me a better man and to give me the capacity to be able to prosper and live a vital and enjoyable life. That is the impetus behind Think Big and the Think Big book collection. They're not Pinterest memes. These are tools that I've taken, I've learned, I've had to relearn. and reapplied to my life, and, uh, they just work. I hope you enjoy them. I hope you find them useful. I hope you find them practical. Look forward to being in touch with you at some point along your journey. Cheers.
