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routine. I have some specific things I know will get me out of my panic quickly and the more I use them the more automatic they become...
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out of bed (miraculous, but see #3 below) made / eaten smoothie taken a bike ride (yes... really miraculous, but I've agreed to meet a...
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I also - every morning - wake to this. It may sound trivial but i must use the word agonizing. Im being tortured, by myself or...
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I sleep well. The Trouble comes when I wake up. I'm immediately in panic-attack-lite ... "emotional flashback" if we go Walker (guess we...
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Feeling more and more at home and belongings to my home
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Anyone familiar with the technique of motivational interviewing? My addiction recovery program uses it but also teaches it to us to use...
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I was specifically trained to do MI for a study I was involved in. I love it.
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I was taught MI over a boot camp-style weekend, which I realize is probably not an ideal way of learning it. But I used it every week...
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@fl14, glad to hear she's reached back out and is willing to meet. Everyone is different but I would maybe, for your own mental health...
Jul 31, 2022
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I think , sadly and sorry, that it's best to focus on you now and not text her. I get how hard it is to not be in contact. But, it's...
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I’d leave her alone. She told you she needed space, and reiterated that after your last text. If she is feeling overwhelmed and wants...
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Thank you for the responses, everyone. I guess I want to tell her she's important to me and I want to be a safe friend for her in a way...
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I agree with @Sweetpea76. Leaving food or writing a letter might not be received in the way you intended , or there is risk of that. And...
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My advice, as a supporter, don’t write the letter or leave gifts on her doorstep. That’ll make it worse. Honestly, sometimes the...
Jul 31, 2022
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Long distance quasi-relationship I care for her deeply, love her, but also I'm in love (She has CPTSD) I will give some background about me
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Having read all this thread through, I have to admit, I feel more than a bit confused! You write lots about what’s happening in your...
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Long distance quasi-relationship I care for her deeply, love her, but also I'm in love (She has CPTSD) I will give some background about me
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Just re-read what @Sweetpea76 said, for “my” response. x10. Or as often as needed. Seriously. No way to say it better. IMO? Go to...
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Just because she is the one with PTSD does not mean she gets to act anyway she wants. She is still responsible for her behavior. She is...
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I left Mr today. I'm in a refuge. It hasn't sunk in yet. Feel a bit odd. Numb maybe. Been a stressful week, secretly packing and finding...
Jul 31, 2022
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You will be ok! It seems that you are doing well and advancing steadily in your plan. Good outside help. Stay with the recovery plan...
Jul 30, 2022
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I feel like I cut off from people like people don't exist because I see no one. I keep chatting with friends irl and online but some...
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Greatest victory until now
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Hi Katrina, I'm 58, new to the site as well, I am a very recently diagnosed sufferer of CPTSD and have had two EMDR sessions now, ...
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Hi, I just joined. I have experiences of childhood sexual abuse followed by a physically abusive marriage. From the frying pan into the...
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I have a strong sense of what I believe or experience, always did even if I turn it off (it influences my choices without me...
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I wouldn’t know. My trauma history didn’t start until I was an adult, and I didn’t shatter until few years into it, a couple years after...
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....and when trauma happens around puberty which is a big change in where we begin to define our "grown up" selves. I think for me -...
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Impossible for my brain to hold all this information in one go to create any kind if comprehensive answer. But I've some few memories...
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I think for many like me who had some of that sense of self defined in part by our trauma, that is the sense of self we remember from...
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The game I’m losing - major depression, PTSD, struggling
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Hi @Jxnelle, welcome to the forum 😊 I'm 19 and I can very much relate to this, probably a little too much. I don't know what else to...
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thank you for this. the links between autism and PTSD have been hot topic in my own therapy sessions and don't recall ever hearing this...
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I recently realised I'm autistic. Am slowly learning and processing info about that. Interesing info on trauma geek Couldn't quote as...
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Can we talk about autism and trauma? I'm having some new awareness that I might have high functioning autism. It's an area I don't know...
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It i a frequent thing to have some of both due to changes in how your prefrontal cortex works. It's primary function is interrupted and...
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I also thought I had Asperger's before discovering my cptsd. Now I am not so sure, so many symptoms overlap. The cptsd self-diagnostic...
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Where the two intersect is something called Executive Function, or in the case of people with PTSD, Executive Dysfunction. Everyone...
Jul 30, 2022
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It sounds like you suffered narcissistic manipulation and abuse at the hands of your boyfriend. Read some more about Narcissist abuse...
Jul 30, 2022
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I did EMDR today with T and I don’t understand how I’m ever going to get to the point where I don’t think, I should’ve stopped it. My...
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Thanks for the words of encouragement. My parents obviously left me to do a lot, I thought I had autonomy, the more I pull back the...
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I hear you on this one! Got to be something wrong with us right? We are the common denominator, so must be us. But: not the case. All it...
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My own trauma history is made up of 3 basic parts - What I did - What I didn’t do - What was done to me - There are some things that...
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Hi there Charbella . Through lots of therapy I finally accepted the fact that it's what I was programmed...
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The one the happened for 4 years I reported to the police. I definitely do not recommend that process, unless you want more trauma in...
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hello charbella. welcome to the forum. sorry for what brings you here, but glad you are here. your shrink's suggestion of spending more...
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Blaming ourselves is part of the pathology of complex trauma. There's different theories about why we blame ourselves (eg. Because it...
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I was sexually abused by lots from 5-17 how does one somehow believe it wasn’t their fault? I mean common denominator and all. How do...
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New Here: CPTSD Diagnosis for two years after over a decade of misdiagnosis. Looks like a long road ahead.
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Totally get this. Was also beaten through my teen years (minus the alcoholism) and believed I was fine, and forgave him. Did not...
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New Here: CPTSD Diagnosis for two years after over a decade of misdiagnosis. Looks like a long road ahead.
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Anthony, thank you for your kind words of support! The journey to recovery continues!! And thank you for founding this forum, it is a...
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New Here: CPTSD Diagnosis for two years after over a decade of misdiagnosis. Looks like a long road ahead.
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I'm surprised that you thought it did not affect you in adult life. That is pretty much the worst way to adulthood, an entire childhood...
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Reading C-PTSD, Surviving/Thriving by PWalker. The book nails my experience. Looking for therapist who believes in C-PTSD. Suggestions?
Jul 30, 2022
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An honest introduction - CPTSD & Depression - looking for community, catharsis, and a few shared trauma laughs along the way.
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Hi everyone.., I might as well just go for it right? My name is Lindsay, I'm in my early 30s, have been diagnosed with C-PTSD and...
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