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I’ve got themes of several different kinds on my mind a lot, recently. So I thought I might create a couple few threads to kick around some of those topics with others. None of these are things that can cause PTSD, but they’re often part of the complicated as hell side of trauma itself, or the fallout from trauma (like trust issues, abandonment issues, helplessness, etc.).
We see them come up, time and time again, as we read through threads round these parts. I’m sure most of us could bust out a list of half a dozen or more without blinking an eye, just from our own lived experience, and twice that from kicking it here with PTSD peeps.
(On that note? Please feel free to start a new thread : PTSD, Trauma, & Themes - ABCXYZ123, to get the conversation going, if there’s something you’re interested in. No need to wait for me to get there!)
As this is less about asking for help with my own stuff, or keeping the focus on the OP’s unique situation? And more wanting to start a fireside discussion with diverse experience? I’ll come back and post my own thoughts/challenges/work-arounds/vexations/experience/decisions/etc. in a bit.
Just to get the ball rolling?
(Don’t feel like you have to answer all the Q’s below, or restrain yourself to only answering what’s on the list. Go wild. Do you.)
What’re YOUR thoughts/ challenges/ work-arounds/ vexations/ experience/ decisions/ observations/ etc. with BETRAYAL? Part of your trauma history? Part of your fallout? Is it complicated, for you, or simple, or straight up not a part of your life? How do you define betrayal / what qualifies as betrayal to you, and does that line up with what the people in your life consider to be a betrayal? Trends & Patterns, or things that are adjacent so damn much it feels like their should be?
Friday
We see them come up, time and time again, as we read through threads round these parts. I’m sure most of us could bust out a list of half a dozen or more without blinking an eye, just from our own lived experience, and twice that from kicking it here with PTSD peeps.
(On that note? Please feel free to start a new thread : PTSD, Trauma, & Themes - ABCXYZ123, to get the conversation going, if there’s something you’re interested in. No need to wait for me to get there!)
As this is less about asking for help with my own stuff, or keeping the focus on the OP’s unique situation? And more wanting to start a fireside discussion with diverse experience? I’ll come back and post my own thoughts/challenges/work-arounds/vexations/experience/decisions/etc. in a bit.
Just to get the ball rolling?
(Don’t feel like you have to answer all the Q’s below, or restrain yourself to only answering what’s on the list. Go wild. Do you.)
What’re YOUR thoughts/ challenges/ work-arounds/ vexations/ experience/ decisions/ observations/ etc. with BETRAYAL? Part of your trauma history? Part of your fallout? Is it complicated, for you, or simple, or straight up not a part of your life? How do you define betrayal / what qualifies as betrayal to you, and does that line up with what the people in your life consider to be a betrayal? Trends & Patterns, or things that are adjacent so damn much it feels like their should be?
Friday
