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War Against Nightmare (English War against the Nightmare) began shortly after the fall of the Lich King, when the Lord of the Emerald Nightmare attacked Azeroth. Although the Nightmare began spreading through the Emerald Dream hundreds of years ago, the war itself began later, when the inhabitants of Azeroth were unable to wake up. They found themselves lost in their nightmares and did not know how to leave them. Mysterious fog swirling over the lands taken over by the nightmare, and dark figures began to appear around the world, eventually attacking the inhabitants. Later, the sleepers themselves began to walk in a dream, attacking everyone who was near, as they were experiencing their worst nightmare.

At the same time, the Nightmare Lord managed to capture almost all of the Emerald Dream, and the defenders of nature, without stopping their resistance, tried to find a way to stop the spread of the curse. Fandral Staghelm, the leader of the Cenarion Circle, urged the druids of Azeroth to direct all their efforts to heal the corrupted tree of Teldrassil, assuring them that it was from this corruption that the Emerald Nightmare draws its strength. However, the druids Broll Bearskin and Hamuul Runetotem were able to reveal that the ritual of purification, for which tens and hundreds of powerful druids would have united their forces, was the plan of the Nightmare Lord himself, who intended to subdue all the guardians of nature to his will, and the arch druid of the Deer Helmet has long is dominated by a vision woven from his own bad dreams. Malfurion Stormrage, who was held captive in the most hidden and terrible part of the Nightmare, with the help of friends, the dragons of the Green Flight and the great artifact of the War of the Ancients - the ax Broxigar, managed to free himself and reveal the true essence of the Lord of the Emerald Nightmare; it was Xavius, Queen Azshara's advisor and confidant.

Realizing the plan of the old enemy, Malfurion, Broll and the rest of the druids cleansed Teldrassil of the corruption, and Alexstrasza the Life-Binder blessed the World Tree. After that, the great druid called out to all living creatures of Azeroth, inviting them to sleep and join the battle against the Nightmare in the Emerald Dream. Varian Wrynn became the commander of the sleeper army. All mortal races of Azeroth have united to confront the Nightmare; They were joined by the ancient Ents - tree creatures of nature, and the keepers of the forests, and dryads, and dragons - red, green and even blue, and the Forsaken, as well as animals that inhabit the vastness of the shattered world.

However, after the victory over the Nightmare, the long-awaited peace did not reign - the Sundering was approaching.

After you've learned how EFT helps heal trauma in Rwanda and Mexico, you may not be surprised to hear how EFT is helping veterans of the US war.

Depression, anxiety, insomnia, nightmares, alcoholism, drug addiction, violent behavior, suicidal tendencies, paranoia are a short list of PTSD symptoms that war veterans regularly experience. These are injuries that conventional therapies do not treat effectively, which is why TPP founder Gary Craig and Dawson Church, founder of the Institute of Spiritual Medicine, created the Stress Project. Through this project, veterans are trained to use EFT to work through very painful, often gruesome, war memories that are impossible to get rid of.

To test whether tapping works in these cases, Craig and Church recruited five Vietnam and Iraqi veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and spent five days working with ETS.

This group of five has since been joined by nearly three thousand victims. The significant impact Project Stress has achieved has shaken hard-core skeptics such as Dr. David Gruder, a clinical psychologist in San Diego. He now describes himself as a TPP "enthusiast". Such a major change of opinion occurred, he said, "only because the results of tapping are obvious."

Andy Hodnik, after serving in Iraq, suffered from stuttering, struggled with severe paranoia, anti-social, aggressive behavior, nightmares. After using EFT, Andy could remember what had happened and talk about it out loud without stuttering or worrying at all. The paranoia and fear of society receded, so he again began to visit in public places and restaurants.

Carlin Sloan is an Iraqi war veteran who, prior to Project Stress, drank until he fainted and, barely regaining consciousness, took up the bottle again. This was the only way he could calm his memories - he saw how a child was blown up by a mine, and then a crowd of women ran to him and everyone shouted that it was his fault. Tormented by guilt and these terrible memories and desperately resisting the pain of his wounds, Carlin thought that he was ready to go to war again, this all-consuming despair made it impossible for him to return to a peaceful life.

A few days after working with the thermal power plant, Karlin slept all night, not waking up to drink, and waking up, he felt cheerful and even noted that the constant trembling in his hands had disappeared somewhere. A few months later, Karlin stopped drinking altogether, no longer felt guilty, and his wounds no longer hurt. Most importantly, his behavior changed completely.

Sovereignty parade turned genocide

The beginning of the 90s. The Republic of Yugoslavia has only a few days left in the international arena, and the authorities can hardly restrain the growth of nationalist sentiments. Unprecedented popularity is coming to right-wing parties. Serbs living in Croatia defend their rights to their culture and language. The result is sad: famous public figures are behind bars, from school curriculum Serbian poets disappear, Orthodox priests are regularly attacked.

Memories of the Serb genocide during the Second World War are still alive in society. Then they were burned, shot, thrown into rivers and mountain gorges. These memories by no means contribute to the reconciliation of the Balkan peoples. Meanwhile, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ideas of Islam flourish, which is professed by almost half of the inhabitants. Cooperation with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states promises the Bosnians mountains of gold. New mosques are being built in the country, young people are sent to study in the east. Bosnian Muslims, fueled by their allies, advocate preserving the integrity of their state. When war breaks out, Islamic extremists from abroad will join their ranks. Blinded by faith, they will not spare their opponents.

The region has always been considered explosive due to its ethnic diversity, but in Yugoslavia it was possible to keep the peace thanks to effective levers of government. Paradoxically, the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was considered the most "calm" in relation to ethnic conflicts. Now the minds of the Balkan peoples are seriously seized by the idea of \u200b\u200bnational unity. The Serbs demand unification within one state, the Croats are striving for the same. These claims involve the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where Bosnians, Serbs and Croats live side by side.

Sarajevo was shelled every day for 44 months

A little more, and the ideas of nationalism will spill over into bloody ethnic cleansing. Events are developing rapidly: on March 1, 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed an independent republic following a referendum. The Serbs living in the country do not recognize this decision and create on its territory the Republic of Srpska with autonomous governing bodies. Radovan Karadzic becomes President of the Republic: later he will be accused of genocide and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Croats in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaim the Republic of Herceg-Bosna. The country is fragmented.

44 months of fear

On March 1, 1992, the inhabitants of Sarajevo are greeted in high spirits: the weather is fine, independence has just been gained. A luxurious wedding procession is driving along the central streets, the Serbian flag flaunts on the cars. All of a sudden, armed Bosnian Muslims attack the participants in the celebration. The groom's father is killed, and the city is in riots.

One of the most tragic pages of the Bosnian war begins - the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted 44 months. Bosnian Serbs leave the townspeople without water and light. Those who leave Sarajevo in the hope of getting food are dealt with. The city is shelled every day for 44 months. Schools, markets, hospitals - snipers consider any target suitable, as long as there are as many victims as possible.

The townspeople walk along the street, which is under constant fire / photo istpravda.ru

The war is rapidly expanding beyond Sarajevo. Whole villages are being slaughtered. Women are raped by representatives of all warring parties. Often they are kept in military camps for months, forcing them to "serve" the soldiers. A resident of Serbia, who wished to remain anonymous, told the website that young women were often subjected to forced sterilization. “And the most terrible symbol of this war for all of us was the death of 11-year-old boy Slobodan Stoyanovich. Fearing persecution, his family left their home. Already safe, the child remembered that he had forgotten to take his dog. He rushed back and fell into the hands of an Albanian woman who lived next door. She mutilated his body with a knife and then shot him in the temple. The prosecutor's office of Bosnia and Herzegovina opened a case against this woman, but she has not yet appeared before the court, ”the source said.

There is evidence that young women were sterilized

The warring parties, apparently inspired by the example of the Third Reich, open concentration camps. Bosnian Muslims were imprisoned in Serbian camps, Serbs in Muslim camps. The Croats also had a concentration camp. The prisoners were treated extremely cruelly.

Prisoners of the Serbian camp Trnopolje / materials of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

The war is dragging on because the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina along ethnic lines was initially a difficult idea to implement. However, the parties to the conflict do not lose hope and periodically enter into alliances with each other. So, in 1994, Bosnian Muslims and Croats unite against the Serbs. But the war continues, by 1995 about 100 thousand people have become its victims. For the small states of the Balkan Peninsula, this is an incredible figure. For example, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991 (including the autonomous regions) was only 5 million more than the population of Moscow today. In addition to casualties, the war completely paralyzed the economy of the state.

Photo by Associated Press

In July 1995, an event takes place that radically changes the attitude of the world community towards the Bosnian Serbs. This is the Srebrenica massacre. The city, by the way, was previously recognized by the UN as a security zone. Bosnian Muslims flock here to wait out the terrible war. However, some of them, under cover of night, raid the surroundings and set fire to Serbian villages. Yet Srebrenica remained an island of tranquility in a country engulfed in flames. Serbs attack him.

Inspired by the example of the Third Reich, the belligerents open concentration camps

The city is protected by peacekeepers, but they do not intervene in the conflict. The Serbian Army is killing up to 8,000 people in and around the city. General Ratko Mladic, who issues the orders, is confident of his impunity. However, here he miscalculated: his trial continues to this day. The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia recognized the events in Srebrenica as genocide.

Meanwhile, the Serbs deny the fact of genocide. As proof of Mladic's innocence, they cite documentary footage in which the general takes part in the evacuation of civilians, gets on the buses and asks the Bosnians to leave the city:

In response to the Srebrenica massacre and the explosion in the Sarajevo market, NATO launches a massive military operation against the Bosnian Serbs. However, according to a number of historians (including American ones), the West intervened in the war much earlier, providing the Bosnian Muslims with military equipment. This is also stated in the resolution of the State Duma on Russia's position on the Bosnian settlement (1995).

The Serbs themselves are convinced that NATO's intervention in the war on the side of the Bosnian Muslims means only one thing: the West takes into account the interests of Saudi Arabia in this region. By the way, today Saudi Arabia is the main investor in the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In and around Srebrenica, Bosnian Serbs kill up to 8,000 people

In 1995, the United States initiated peace talks that end with the signing of the Dayton Agreement. To prevent a repetition of the bloody events, peacekeeping forces are being sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The state is divided into the Serbian Republic and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The functions of the head of state are performed by the Presidium, which includes one representative each from Croats, Bosnians and Serbs. In addition, the post of UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina is being introduced. The Dayton Agreement is still valid today.

War is always a bloody mess, a nightmare that gives rise to other nightmares. Photo reporter, cameraman Konstantin Safronov told the Regional Ryazanskaya Gazeta about his impressions of Donbass and the people living there.

- Konstantin, tell us, first of all, about yourself, how often do you travel to Donbass and for what purpose?

- I make films. I have a number of films (http://kinogo-2016.net/) about the events taking place in Donbass, filmed over the past three years. All of them are posted on youtube. I travel all the time, for about five days, I used to go once a month, now it turns out less often - about once every two months. Been in different places: from Kominternov to Lugansk. Traveled everything. You already come to Donbass as if you were on the next street. Three years ago I would not even have thought that there would be so many friends somewhere far away.

And I started traveling from the Union of Officers. They asked me to shoot a video, and then I got into it and started driving on my own. They mostly went to the Luhansk Republic, and I went to the Donetsk one. When there were active hostilities, various channels ordered and took films from me, some of my stories were shown on Channel One in the news. Now there are no such exacerbations, as before, there are shootings, and large offensive operations - no, that's why you have to shoot a little.

But, nevertheless, he recently shot a video in which Senior Lieutenant Sergei Lysenko sings. Before the war, he worked as a taxi driver. But during the war, many became soldiers. There was a large-scale shake-up in the country, and each fell into place. Sergei composes poems and songs.

Before our arrival, the children from the orphanage had learned the song. In this shelter there are children whose parents are either missing or killed. The age of the guys is from very young to 14 years old. The detachment in which Sergey serves took patronage over this orphanage - they help them, and accordingly the guys learned Sergey's song for our arrival and sang it. When I was shooting children, I didn't even think that the video would work.

We went to the front line in Avdeevka, and got to the Donetsk airport. There is terrible devastation. I suggested that Sergey shoot a video there. The video was filmed during the bombing. They shoot in the background, and we shoot. And if the action of filming under normal conditions takes about a day, then we quickly filmed everything in an hour.

- And what is the mood of people in Donbass: decadent or optimistic?

- There are no decadent moods at all. The mood is very patriotic. If we compare it with Russia, then in our country it is more of a fashion, and in Donbass patriotism is today's life, reality, feelings and emotions are visible. People don't hide them. At the Victory Day celebrations, I was in the Donetsk Republic at Saur-Mogila. Alexander Zakharchenko spoke. There were many soldiers, girls, young guys with awards. All heroes. And the people support Zakharchenko - he is a support for them.

- What are your impressions after the trips?

- I arrived in Debaltsovo just a few days after his release. And it seemed to me that I went back to the past, in 1945. The music of the war years is playing on the square, old men, old women are dancing a waltz. Humanitarian aid is handed out nearby. There is also a first-aid post. Correspondents are running, including foreign ones. The soldiers meet, hug, kiss, many have tears in their eyes. Immediately some formations take place, tanks are right there, soldiers are frying potatoes by the fire, little grimy kids play with them.

And then one resident comes up to us and shows a note that he found in a mine. These mines are fired from a mortar. The mine did not explode. It contained a note written in Ukrainian: “We will help as much as we can,” that is, at the factories where these shells are made, ordinary Ukrainian residents put earth or sand instead of gunpowder and put a note in the same place to prevent the mine from exploding.

- And there are no such conversations that, they say, we want to return to Ukraine?

- No, they are definitely not going back. Because everyone was affected by the war, everyone experienced a tragedy. People say: we will not forgive what we saw with our own eyes, what the Ukrainian army was doing. For example, I was talking to a soldier. He says: “I don’t ask Ukraine what I saw: I took out a wounded child from under the rubble, without arms and legs, he was covered in blood and cried incessantly, I don’t ask for the murder of my brother, who died before my eyes.” One soldier was a simple farmer in the village before the war - in front of his eyes, the children and wife were crushed by a tank, after that he went to fight. And before that he had not fought. I went to look for death - but such death does not take. And such cases are quite common.

When it all began, these atrocities throughout the Donbass, there was a complete confusion: where are the Ukrainians, and where the militias are - it is not clear. Ukrainian soldiers entered the village of the Luhansk region and all residents: children, old people, women - were herded into a church. And people stayed there for several days. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian army looted all the houses and took away the looted KAMAZ trucks to their homeland. What kind of Ukrainian army is this? Liberation? And this was everywhere. And when Debaltseve was under the Ukrainians, it was the same. Men told how they robbed houses.

I met children who no longer speak from fear, from bombing. Of course, they are dealt with in hospitals. About a year later, I was interested in the fate of these children, they have improvements, but we cannot say that they have completely recovered.

- How do residents of Donbass feel about the OSCE mission?

- The OSCE does not enjoy authority among the residents, because they work exclusively for one side - the Ukrainian one. As soon as the OSCE leaves its positions at six o'clock in the evening, the Ukrainian army immediately starts shooting. By the way, the National Guard itself is not fighting, but is shooting those Ukrainian soldiers who are fleeing the battlefield. These Ukrainian conscripts are like cannon fodder, they are sent to slaughter.

- Is it scary when people are shooting around? They say that a person gets used to everything, but you can hardly get used to a machine-gun burst ...

- I was not scared. I don’t know about the habit of other people, I’ll say about myself. On the first day, when I come to Donbass, the endless shelling gets on my nerves - you think, well, when will this all stop ?! Rumbles all day. On the second day, you no longer pay attention: they shoot and shoot. You look, someone is trading in the market, someone is buying, and in the background, somewhere nearby, they shoot. And people live and work. And on the third day, when the shots suddenly cease and it becomes quiet, you cannot fall asleep from the deafening silence. And this is not only for me, many military men cannot sleep from the silence.

- And yet people dream of peace, silence.

- Of course. I would like to hope that peace and tranquility will soon reign in Donbass. And this long-suffering land will finally return to an ordinary peaceful life.

Larisa KOMRAKOVA. Photo from the archive of Konstantin Safronov

Forget the nightmares of war

After you've learned how EFT helps heal trauma in Rwanda and Mexico, you may not be surprised to hear how EFT is helping veterans of the US war.

To test whether tapping works in these cases, Craig and Church recruited five Vietnam and Iraqi veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and spent five days working with ETS.

After serving in Iraq, Andy Hodnik suffered from stuttering, struggled with severe paranoia, antisocial, aggressive behavior, and nightmares. After using EFT, Andy could remember what had happened and talk about it out loud without stuttering or worrying at all. The paranoia and fear of society receded, so he again began to visit public places and restaurants.

"I'm happy , – he said, - before working with the TPP, it was impossible for me to say "I am happy" ... And now I say it all the time».

To find out more visit www.StressProject.org

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