Daily Ground: Psychological First Aid for Yourself and Those Around You During Prolonged War

This book is a structured, accessible guide to psychological self-support and community care under conditions of sustained armed conflict. It was developed by Ukrainian authors from direct experience of more than a decade of conflict, and adapted into English for global distribution. The book introduces the concept of Complex Persistent Traumatic Disorder (CPTR) — a lay-language framework that distinguishes the psychological experience of ongoing war from the post-event framework of C-PTSD as defined in ICD-11. In prolonged conflict, the authors argue, trauma is not post — it is present, continuous, and without a clear endpoint. This framing shapes the entire book: its tools are designed not for recovery after danger, but for functioning within it. Structured in three parts and eleven chapters, the guide moves from individual self-care (exhaustion, anxiety, sleep disruption, loneliness) through relational support (children, partners at a distance, elderly and vulnerable relatives, neighbors and shelters) to the specific needs of those who carry responsibility for others (military commanders, medical workers, aid volunteers, teachers, and community coordinators). A practical appendix includes a 30-day reflective journal, a catalogue of common "resilience mistakes," a Frequently Asked Questions section addressing barriers to help-seeking, and a global crisis resources page. The book explicitly declines to replace clinical care. Its purpose is to offer language, tools, and pathways — so that people living in prolonged danger are neither alone with their experience nor without a next manageable step.