Survival Guide

[Upside Down Eagle]

Last winter and this spring my PTSD has been worse than ever (also the time that I finally got diagnosed CPTSD officially).

During this time I desperately needed some guide to hold on to. I wrote a five-page rescue kit for me to read through frequently, steps to follow so I can keep my symptoms in check. It includes

• setting straight perceptions of people, events, and objects as "threatening"
  
• setting straight thoughts that this is "happening on purpose"
• setting straight the idea that this life is some kind of sick test to expose you
  
  
• observing yourself and using mindfulness as opposed to reacting from emotion
  
• dealing with intrusive and unwanted images
• approach to obsessive-compulsive behavior
  
  
• things you can do to shift your destructive focus
• going into the world versus staying in the comfort zone
• dealing with hatred towards the self and developing patience

I hope it will help somebody else out here. Spread it all you want.

Peace & Love ;)

 

[open eyes]

I really like the first part about checking your perceptions of threats or triggers. Thanks for sharing this!

 

[Justmehere]

Really helpful and got me thinking. Thanks for sharing!

 

[The Albatross]

Good work Radise. I want to give it another read when I am rested, but it looks helpful and thank you for sharing it here.

 

[y5L]

Thank you very much for posting this! I want to share this with my mentor so she can have a better idea of what kind of things I want to grow in!

 

[Suzetig]

That's so helpful, thank you, it got me thinking about a couple of issues I hadn't really though about being a trauma response. I know I'll come back and read through again some point once I've thought about areas I want to work on first.

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

Haha yeah it's rather a long read, isn't it ;) I sort of patched it together from different learning experiences. It grows every time I learn something new about myself... I'm glad it's helpful!

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Wow, great post. It really helped me out today as I needed to read that as I am in a situation with faulty thinking on my part. Really appreciate you sharing it with us. I have a laptop and cannot print it out and use it daily like I would like. Thank you so very much. It really helped me out.