70. Healing From PTSD with Terrorist Attack Girl Meyli Chapin

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Meyli Chapin was trapped in a hotel room for 17 hours in Nairobi while Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked the property. She was alone and certain she was going to die. But through the incredible efforts of brave men who fought to recover Meyli and extract her to safety, she survived. However, after the attack, PTSD left her mind shattered. She felt like a fraction of the strong, confident, capable woman she used to be. She thought she was uniquely traumatized and couldn't understand why she was unable to leave her apartment, why she couldn't sleep, and why she wished she had died in the terrorist attack. It was a long, hard road, but eventually Meyli did find the light at the end of the tunnel. She shares her experience of healing from PTSD, as well as thoughts and strategies to help anyone suffering from trauma to find hope and relief.

In this episode:

The difficultly of living in a region with a constant threat of terrorist activity.
Meyli was only scheduled to be in Kenya for 2 days. She was supposed to be leaving the next morning.
A sleepless night full of panic to the point of heartache.
Grieving the person you are before the trauma.

Stay connected with Meyli:

Websites: traumabrace.com

Book: Terrorist Attack Girl

Instagram:@meylichapin, @traumabraceapp

Charity Donation: Heroic Hearts Project

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0:46.3	In 2019, Mali Chapin traveled on a work trip to Nairobi. She was young and working for Google on the marketing team.
0:58.0	She was there on a trip to understand digital well-being.
1:03.0	Americans were having a conflicted relationship with their phones,
1:08.0	starting to feel addictive and unhealthy. People in Nairobi had a healthier
1:13.3	relationship, and Mali was there to try and understand why. Mali was only supposed to be in Kenya
1:21.5	for two days, and on the second day, she crawled into our hotel bed for a midday power nap.
1:29.1	She was woken up by a huge explosion.
1:32.9	A suicide bomber had detonated his vest in the hotel courtyard.
1:38.4	You know, if you can imagine the horror that you would be looking down on. There were pieces of the suicide bomber.
1:46.4	There was smoke, there was blood.
1:49.2	It was horrific.
1:51.8	I'm not sure of a word that is powerful enough.
1:56.8	Maylee looked out the window and saw men with AK-47s.
2:01.2	They were firing rounds and walking into the hotel lobby.
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