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There is so much grace and wiseness in your words. Thanks for the offer to chat, connection really helps. Will be thinking of you later on 💚

Hi CazzTheGeek 😊. I have no advice but just wanted to say I really admire how you’re coping. I am in a different situation - the opposite in fact, perhaps left by a sufferer - and reading your words moves something deep inside me. I am sorry you are going through such a hard time. Keep putting...

@arfie thank you, this is very helpful. And in my more lucid moments i hold the same compass. Had forgotten about it in my current grief stricken state. I crave for the certainty that comes with fitting relationships into boxes, so that we can name them and keep them fixed. Truth is I don’t...

Hello, here is an update. I am lost and any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have seen my partner (or ex partner?) a few times sìnce I last posted. They have been good moments. We never talk about us nor the situation. For the brief times we are together we make the most of just that, we...

@Nairobi It can be challenging at times. Trust, is what helps me. I trust they are doing the best they can atm. At the same time I look at my own patterns of attachment. There’s an opportunity for growth in everything. I wish you well.

Thank you @Susan Jane. I love the ‘and’, as opposed to a ‘but’ 🙏😊

@Susan Jane I am so very humbled and moved by how brave you survivors are. It has nothing to do with either you or them. Life hurt you and that’s deeply unfair. I am sorry. Thank you for your comment, it helps. Your words are exactly how it is explained to me. @parrotthepolly yes that is what I...

Hi, thanks for this. They have had complex ptsd that was only diagnosed a few years ago for the best part of their life. And it is most definitely an ingrained coping mechanism, that totally vanishes when out of an episode. EMDR I understand is best for PTSD, as opposed to complex PTSD, and yes...

@Survivor3 Thanks for your reply and encouragment. It helps a lot coming from someone who understands. Couples therapy is not something they are willing to consider. And part of me sees why. They have tried therapy before and whilst some of it was helpful it then finished. Not all of it was...

My partner has CPTSD and we haven’t seen each other for a couple of months despite texting most days. Every time we have tried to see each other they are overcome with panic and have been unable to. They explain it as feeling unsafe when vulnerable and being unable to deal with the strong...