I found this community in Pete Walker's book Complex PTSD and decided to give it a try. I am 33 yrs old and in therapy for the first time. I am in the process of accepting the reality of my childhood trauma. My biggest motivation to work on my emotional/mental health is my daughter. I am struggling to teach her how to "person" while also re-parenting myself. I struggle immensely with intellectualizing my emotions to prevent feeling them. Dissociation is also a favorite defense mechanism of mine.
I recently removed myself from a very toxic co-dependent long term friendship and am honestly feeling terrified to make new friends. I am hoping to gain the confidence to interact with people in person if I can start by interacting with people behind a digital wall. Posting this is already pretty scary.
Anyway - that's me. Hi everyone
I recently removed myself from a very toxic co-dependent long term friendship and am honestly feeling terrified to make new friends. I am hoping to gain the confidence to interact with people in person if I can start by interacting with people behind a digital wall. Posting this is already pretty scary.
Anyway - that's me. Hi everyone