The Truth About Complex PTSD and Essential Recovery Tools

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Cptsd is often time misdiagnosed as Bipolar Disorder. I have various clients that were misdiagnosed by clinicians who have zero experience with trauma

As someone who has both PTSD and CPTSD, while it describes both fairly accurately, it's too ... removed is the best word I can find. People suffering from it need practical steps, not just to cope with it, but to actually heal from it, and yes, it can be done. I've been to 15 therapists in my life and none recognised it; it was only because I knew something was wrong and kept researching I finally knew what was wrong. The biggest cause of problems we face is dysregulation. The other things are just symptoms of it. Recognising dysregulation, and learning how to catch it before it goes off the charts, and how to soothe it, is KEY. I wish more mental health professions knew this so they can provide meaningful help to their clients struggling with this.

Some days I just wish it was all over (this dysregulated feeling) and I could go back to feeling like a human again but then I remember that I've got 20+ years of trauma to recover from. I'd say that I'm in my second year of healing. I cut off everything and everyone. I'm doing this for me.

I agree, CPTSD needs to be in the next DSM.

Discovering CPTSD explained EVERYTHING that was wrong with me/my life, and realising my negative 'character traits' weren't character flaws at all but rather the effects of trauma stress and the Fearful Avoidant attachment style it created. I am currently three parts into 'The Body Keeps The Score' and despite having enough childhood abuse to score 8-9/10 on the ACES test I have not found it triggering at all, even though the graphic descriptions of abuse and neglect made me cry at the injustice and suffering. On the contrary, I am finding this book freeing and empowering, as it is putting all the pieces of the puzzle together for me, and lifting the shame. I've been attending the TRF book club while reading the book and many other CPTSD sufferers report the same thing - that reading this book has been life-changing for them. So I will have to disagree that people with trauma stress should not read this book, unless they are extremely fragile. This video was useful too, with a few details I wasn't aware of. Thank you.

I cannot I believe I been in therapy for over 10 years I just got diagnosed with PTSD but CPTSD explains my entire life.

The Body Keeps the Score was a wake-up call for me. I devoured it and it formed the basis of my therapy after long term abuse.

All of the above and then some. I do agree, with each time you go through the same trauma it becomes harder to "recover" to heal. Each time it takes away more of you, of the person you are. Though it's always there it gets harder to push it behind and leave it behind. You become less able to bounce back from the damage. Each time you become less and less of yourself. It agressivly invades your thoughts until it's all consuming. Because now your waiting, dreading and preparing for the next blow. All while your still living the pain from the prior. The worst thing though is when you look in the mirror and what you see is terrifying. That once beautiful, strong, witty, intuitive person with a mischievous spark in there eye is no longer looking back. Instead this unrecognizable sad being, that suddenly looks years past its age, that looks afraid and drained of its strength, holding on and hoping, this pittiful lifeless thing is looking back.

I finally have herd the truth about my mental health, all this resonates true with me, it even sounds like a true discrimination of me. CPTSD is the first diagnosis that actually makes sense.

"Core of trauma is disempowerment and unsafeness" wow! Been only 10:45 of video and Ive learned a lot already. Thanks so much for the great content 🙏

You mentioned the word relax and I just realized the reason I hate it so much it because it feels like an invalidation for my current feelings (granted now I understand that though my feelings are valid, they may be arising from a false premise based on my thoughts or beliefs) but I have always hated it as well as its variations, take it easy, stop overreacting, chill etc etc. Thank you for this and I hope you can do some more videos on cptsd

we 'hang on' to a diagnosis because it explains our suffering, pathology, panic or anxiety attacks, fears, flashbacks, pains and suicidality when we have no security otherwise

6 months ago, I was diagnosed with CPTSD. I endure an abusive father, bullied most of my school life, sexually assulted in high school, had a horrible relationship and found a loved one dead. It is so hard to deal with it. And for a long time, I couldn't find help. Though therapy is helping, but I'm still struggling. I'm still having a hard time regulate my emotions, from being defensive, crying spells and low self esteem I just want all of this to stop and be able to feel normal. Because I do not feel normal and struggle to be positive

I really hope CPTSD will be in the DSM.

I grew up in a very dangerous neighborhood where I was shot at multiple times. Got in many many fights and even watched people almost beaten to death and drugged with pcp when I was 13 . I’ve had such a hard time understanding what is wrong with me as a adult until as of late

It's as if I was hearing my life story. I suffer from CTPSD because of being bullied by my school "friends" for around 6 years.

Well, I have CPTSD. I read many of the responses from others on here. I am so sorry for all you have been through on here. I had to move 1500 miles away from the narcissists who caused me to get this. It has been five years. I am in the middle of going back now. I will be there in about two weeks. I would say the worst part of still having this is the constant fear I have of something crazy happening all of a sudden. I am trying to reason myself out of this fear. Please don’t tell me to get therapy. I tried many times. Most therapists have no idea what CPTSD is. My heart ❤️ is with all of you who have this condition.

I have CPTSD for 46 years.. The willingness to have a relationship if any kind I almost completely impossible..I let any person or person's only get so close , I don't feel that I'm capable of loving anyone..,I don't what to hurt anyone the way I've been hurt.. I know how the ending of the start of things will turn out .. It's okay to realize your reality of the failure of all relationships.When you feel most people to say it happened 46 years,you have to move on a let go .. Yeah No!!! I miss kissing and cuddling and togetherness or intamicy, sex isn't that important to me.. Nightmares every day and night, terror's every day and night, talking and fighting in my sleep...I don't want to harm anyone knowing what that feelings can become. ... I'm 58 now and Haven't had any relationship in 8 years, it's not okay knowing the ending to hurt other people..My depression for many years has been deep down depression, lately in the past 6 months I'm just a emotional mess, crying over what some may say why or what are you crying about? I have no answers but its me ,like it or not ,it's me ...

It seems very dysfunctional that CPTSD is still not included in the DSM-5. It is so serious, yet will continue to be misduagnosed and ignored . I wonder why it is not included? Do the people making these decisions have our best interests at heart? Or do they not want to think about severe trauma any more than the rest of society ? They are supposed to be better than that . Or is it because they can't find a cure, seeing as the response to trauma is normal? Or is it that insurance companies don't want to pay for treatment? Whatever the reason, it is reprehensibke .