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James Whitfield, 34

After a motorway crash, James couldn’t drive or sleep. Trauma-focused therapy with a professional, and the plan to keep him steady between sessions.

Delivery driver, father of twoBristol, UKIssue: PTSD after a car crash

Illustrative example. These people are made up to show how a plan works. They are not real users, and results differ from person to person.

Where James started

James had nightmares most nights, jumped at the sound of brakes, avoided the motorway completely and was off work. He felt like a different person.

Goal

Sleep through most nights and drive his children to school again.

Alongside a professional

For PTSD the app suggests a professional first. James’s GP referred him for trauma-focused CBT. The plan held his therapist’s homework and the steps they agreed, and never asked about the crash itself.

The science behind the plan

Every step comes from these methods, each backed by published research.

Daily walk and a sleep routine

A 20-minute walk each morning, the same bedtime, and no screens in the last hour.

Source: Rosenbaum et al. (2015), Physical activity and PTSD: meta-analysis, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

A typical day

  • Therapy practice: 10 minutes, as your therapist setScience · 10 min
  • Morning walk with the dogScience · 20 min
  • Driving step 3: a quiet road with your partnerScience · 15 min
  • Evening prayer before bedFaith · 5 min
Christianity

Optional faith track

James chose to add these. They sit next to the science steps, never instead of them. Sources are pending scholar review.

Reflection on the Shepherd psalm

Source: Psalm 23

Why it fits: A familiar, calming reading for the evening routine.

Evening prayer (Compline)

Source: Book of Common Prayer

Why it fits: A set, quiet end to the day, part of the sleep routine.

These practices are data-based suggestions drawn from cited scripture. They are not pastoral counsel or a church teaching. Please speak to your pastor or priest for personal spiritual guidance.

James’s calendar

Week 1Day 1: DoneDay 2: DoneDay 3: Partly doneDay 4: DoneDay 5: DoneDay 6: SkippedDay 7: Skipped
Week 2Day 8: SkippedDay 9: DoneDay 10: DoneDay 11: DoneDay 12: DoneDay 13: Partly doneDay 14: Partly done
Week 3Day 15: DoneDay 16: DoneDay 17: DoneDay 18: DoneDay 19: DoneDay 20: SkippedDay 21: Skipped
Week 4Day 22: DoneDay 23: DoneDay 24: DoneDay 25: DoneDay 26: DoneDay 27: Partly doneDay 28: Partly done
Week 5Day 29: DoneDay 30: DoneDay 31: DoneDay 32: DoneDay 33: DoneDay 34: DoneDay 35: Skipped
Week 6Day 36: DoneDay 37: DoneDay 38: DoneDay 39: DoneDay 40: Partly doneDay 41: DoneDay 42: Done
Week 7Day 43: DoneDay 44: DoneDay 45: DoneDay 46: DoneDay 47: SkippedDay 48: DoneDay 49: Done
Week 8Day 50: DoneDay 51: DoneDay 52: Partly doneDay 53: DoneDay 54: DoneDay 55: DoneDay 56: Done
  • Done
  • Partly done
  • Skipped

42 days done, 7 partly done, 7 skipped. Missed days never reset progress.

Week by week

  1. Weeks 1–2Grounding tools, a sleep routine and a safety plan, while his therapy began.
  2. Weeks 3–5Therapy practice most days. A hard week around the court date: three skipped days, shown as quiet dotted circles, and nothing reset.
  3. Weeks 6–7Driving steps with his partner beside him. Nightmares down to once a week.
  4. Week 8Back at work on local routes. He and his therapist kept going for a few more sessions.

Score, week by week

PCL-5 (PTSD symptoms)

56Start1234567268
56 → 26 (out of 80)

Lower is better. His score moved below the range where PTSD is usually likely. He kept seeing his therapist.

What helped most

  • Therapy, with the homework in one place
  • Grounding as one tap
  • Small driving steps
“The app never asked what happened. It just helped me get through each day until therapy did its work.”

Where James is now

In week 8, James drove his children to school for the first time since the crash. Then he went for his usual walk.

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