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Nailed in the past… a paradox
This is one of those things that when I think about my Complex-PTSD should have been obvious. How I missed it for so long really confounds me. I often talk about the paradoxes that arise in C-PTSD. Here I have stumbled into another one. It goes something like this. Huh. I just realized how weird…
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CPTSD: Growing up in a Minefield
I don’t know when I discovered that not everyone had a family like mine. But, I do remember the shock. The disbelief that other people didn’t have to hide or make themselves invisible rocked me to my core. I always thought my childhood was good. To admit that my family had problems and that those…
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CPTSD : Paradox #2
The turmoil of having an anxious/ambivalent attachment style is in some ways worse than those these folks have in their relationship with others. The internal conflicts involving panic that a partner will leave them and fighting to contain the behaviors that ensue from that panic are horrendous. They have an inner conflict going on all…
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CPTSD Meme: Compassion is strength
Image from Planet Tiger! They are a great cause to support.
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I just really like it…
I can think of a hundred reasons why I shouldn’t share this. It’s self-indulgent.The meme itself is wordy.Already shared the story.The text is too dense.It breaks the meme conventions.and on, and on, and on. But, even with all thatthis simple image with the tiny bug and thetiny story…
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CPTSD ≠ PTSD
Interesting exchange this morning… It all started with a comment on this meme: Someone posted : Shell shock. Quit making shit out to be so sugar coated. It’s shell shock. I’m glad they did… because I had to sit down and really pin down ‘WHY’ was I doing this… and why this way. So here…
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CPTSD : Seared with Scars
It’s a modest effort, but hey, gotta start somewhere.