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From my experience and what I understand from what I have read so far (only a recent diagnosis, hadn't heard of it before then) is that complex PTSD is something that causes a mental death in the sufferer, they sometimes cannot even remember who they were beforehand or who they were meant to be...

Hello, first of all I want to tell you I think you are a very strong and caring individual to stand by him through this, as a sufferer I know how rare it is to have someone stand by you even when they know you have PTSD - so thank you, that knowledge helps me too! His withdrawal sound very much...

Had a intense session with a new psychiatrist today, she's leaning towards the idea of Complex PTSD and/or Borderline Personality Disorder. It does make a lot make sense. Now i'm in a place again where I can feel everything and it frightens the hell out of me. I want to talk to someone who cares...

Showers and singing helps and yoga when I do it. Maybe something a bit more cardio might be better for that?

Thank you for taking the time to respond. My reactions are usually yelling and pushing him back when I haven't registered yet. I don't want him to be afraid of me but I don't want him to think its okay to be so rough. Some of the anger is just at my old demon, my body has never been the same and...

Thank you, Shasta. It means a lot strangely that you empathize. I don't feel like there's something fundamentally wrong with me anymore. It's scary and its hard. Being a parent is hard, being a parent with PTSD is harder. Being a single parent with PTSD and no support from family and friends -...

Sometimes I think people just don't know what to do and how to help. People don't understand the condition... and they're too busy trying to feel understood themselves so research or ask.

OMG YES! I was about to post something asking the same thing! Current boyfriend of 6 months seems to confuse me talking about trauma from ya know, years of violence as being hung up on my ex.... although I rarely mention it. Friends and family only seemed concerned when they first found out like...

@Lucycat Thank you Lucycat :) You guys have been so amazing already! It's easy to feel isolated in a work that just wants you to perform at 110% all the time moves so fast. This forum is a lifesaver. So glad I've found it :)

I'm glad to hear it :-) *hugs*

Thank you :-) I kinda needed that perspective too... Thank you

Welcome! I know how frustrating it is when the docs don't care and don't really know or care to find out whats happening. They seem awful happy to write prescriptions for drugs they sure ensure are even correct before giving them to us. I think you're in the right place, trauma is a complicated...

Hi Stenni, don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't know there's a middle ground. My childhood wasn't bad. The thing that scares me is when I'm for example lying down and before I know it, my son is sitting on me whacking me in the head with a toy train. I barely register its my son. I use to...

Hi everyone, I'm not sure why I put this off for so long, but I guess I'm desperate enough now and have realized it won't magically go away, and most people can't understand because its not in their experience. Especially as time moves on. People expect you to move on, and if you don't they...

I will look into that! Thank you :-D

This could be part of the healing process? Accepting that you didn't deserve it and couldn't protect yourself. I can relate, my 18 month old triggers me a lot... with the strangest things sometimes. Maybe our babes are to help us heal a wounded part of ourselves through perspective. Already...

Thanks Panda Bear, I'm strangely glad you can relate. He is a very busy boy! Always on the go. Should get a sled for him to pull haha (kidding)

Um, not sure? There must be something around. Are they linked to hospitals or something?

Thanks Heather! He's 18 months, I will try time out. He just laughs if I try to reason with him. It reminds me of some awful times. I can't wait for a broody teenager haha

I understand how you feel. My ex did similar things (god narcissists are cookie cutters of each other). One of their biggest tools is "gaslighting" which is to try make you doubt your sanity so you aren't credible to the "puppets" or even yourself. I'm sure hes tried to tell you that someone...

Help! My son at an age where he is rough and can't be reasoned with, I'm in a lot of pain with a slipped disc in my neck and he keeps hitting and jumping on me, its triggering me with a huge amount of anger and then guilt. I desperately want to lash out but I can't, he's little and doesn't...