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Light in the Battle17. EMDR for CPTSD and PTSD - What is EMDR, What to Expect, How to Heal from PTSD and CPTSD, My Personal Experience with EMDR - Emotional DePTSD and CPTSD are common in survivors of narcissistic abuse and in their recovery. We find ourselves going into fight, flight, freeze or fawn. This is not helpful in parenting, let alone solo parenting with an ASD brain. It's also not helpful during the months leading up to a court hearing, and during the hearing itself. The nervous system has adapted to keep us safe, but once the chronic threat is gone, nervous system recovery means learning to let go of these maladaptive responses.So we look for trauma therapies for PTSD and CPTSD. Regular, "talk" therapy can be retraumatizing...
2026-01-2613 min
Heal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD034. Getting Out Of Survival Mode Healing: CPTSD HelpDo I Have CPTSD? AssessmentA free, educational assessment to help you determine whether CPTSD is a meaningful framework for understanding your symptoms, patterns, and experiences. https://cptsdmedicine.com/assessment I Choose Me: Creating the Capacity for my Two-Year "Had CPTSD" Plan My brand new free, five-week readiness experience for survivors who want to heal but do not yet have the identity, capacity, or internal permission to begin a structured CPTSD Resolution journey. This is the first step for anyone who feels the desire to heal but cannot yet step into a long-term plan. DM me on IG @cptsdmedicine or...
2026-01-2335 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD033. Best Year Yet (Part 2): My Top Lessons from 2025This episode continues my two-part reflection on the most important lessons I took from 2025. These are not mindset tips or abstract insights. They are lessons forged through real relationships, real consequences, and real decisions about power, responsibility, and alignment. If Part 1 focused on containment, completion, and trust, Part 2 turns toward power, reciprocity, preparation, and what actually creates sustainable alignment. In Part 2, I cover four additional lessons: 5. Relationships That Require You to Stay Small Are Hard to Sustain I talk about what happens when relationships quietly require you to manage someone else's insecurity in...
2026-01-1643 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD032. Best Year Yet (Part 1): My Top Lessons From 2025This episode begins a two-part reflection on my most important lessons from 2025. I am sharing these lessons not as theory, but as lived experience. What worked. What hurt. What required courage. And what fundamentally changed how I lead, relate, and take responsibility. If you want 2026 to be your best year yet, this episode will help you learn from my path rather than repeat my mistakes. In Part 1, I cover four core lessons: 1. Deciding Who and What You Are Responsible For I share why I closed my free community, and what that taught me...
2026-01-0949 min
次要人生｜Flip Your MindEP9. CPTSD 那个被卡住的小孩 请你抱抱TA吧🔖 本期主题 「 CPTSD 」这一期，我想和你分享「CPTSD」（复杂性创伤后压力反应）。那些来自童年时候弥漫性的被忽视、被否定、被羞辱的笼罩式记忆。很多看起来“很正常”“很能干”的大人，其实一直在替一个被卡在过去的小孩做决定。那个小孩没有被保护、没有被回应、没有被允许真实地存在，于是长大后的你，不敢停、不敢要、不敢真的放松。但我想说的是——CPTSD 不是你的问题。那些看起来“拧巴”“内耗”“太累了”的反应，从来都不是软弱，而是你当年能想到的、最聪明的生存方式。也许你会在这一期里，慢慢看见那个被你带着走了很多年的小孩。如果你愿意，欢迎你来这一期节目里，和我一起，回头看看那个被卡住的小孩。TA真的已经很努力了。⏱️ 你会听到：01:09｜什么是 CPTSD 复杂性创伤压力症候群02:19｜高功能的背后：为什么你总是很能扛却很累03:33｜CPTSD 与 PTSD 的差别07:24｜CPTSD 不是记忆，而是你如何看待自己08:28｜看起来最稳定的人，往往经历过CPTSD10:01｜CPTSD 对情绪、关系、自我价值的4个影响13:30｜为什么“原谅、放下”是二次伤害17:46｜关键：现实承认，而不是逼自己原谅18:36｜修复第一层：看到自己的生存策略20:04｜修复第二层：不再只是分析过去21:24｜修复第三层：从功能性，回到存在感22:47｜修复第四层：区分现在与过去，拿回主动权23:40｜修复不是线性的，你没有白努力24:53｜修复过程中最常见的四个坑「 成为我自己 」2026年度心理成长计划想加入成长计划的朋友请添加微信：15088485844本期音乐：《愈合》告五人想要了解更多主播&心理学知识：小红书：@倪贝儿商务合作：berryni0313@gmail.com下次见！
2026-01-0533 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD031. Deciding About Your Relationship: A CPTSD-Informed PerspectiveMuch mainstream relationship advice completely misses the mark when you have unresolved CPTSD and are living inside a trauma ecosystem. What looks like clarity can actually be fear. What looks like empowerment can actually be protection. And many people make permanent relationship decisions from a nervous system that is still in survival mode. In this episode, I will walk you through the top 5 CPTSD-specific things to do before deciding to leave a relationship. This is not about convincing you to stay or go. It is about helping you make decisions from internal safety, self-trust, and clarity rather than trauma-driven...
2026-01-0236 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD030. Being Bad At Boundaries: CPTSD Education 101Does anyone else quietly question the tools therapists give you? For many people living with CPTSD, boundary work brings relief and calm, but at a steep cost. Relationships end. Distance grows. Connection narrows. You may feel safer, yet lonelier than ever. In this episode, I speak directly to the unspoken confusion many high-achieving survivors carry about boundaries. Questions like: How do I set boundaries without feeling like a bad person? Why do boundaries feel aggressive or isolating? Why do I either over-explain or completely shut down?
2025-12-2644 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD029. Recognizing Controlling Patterns: The CPTSD UnderstandingWhen you live with CPTSD, the urge to control often has nothing to do with power and everything to do with perceived threat. In this episode, I explore how controlling patterns emerge from Protective Parts that learned vigilance when something essential was once truly at risk: safety, attachment, stability, or dignity. Control became a strategy for survival when support and trust were not available. Over time, however, control can create instability in relationships. What begins as an attempt to prevent pain can unintentionally make others feel unsafe, reinforcing the very isolation and threat the system...
2025-12-1930 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD028. Getting Stuck in Thought Loops: A CPTSD Guide to Breaking the PatternThought loops are one of the most painful and confusing parts of living with CPTSD. You try to stop thinking about something, but your mind keeps spiraling. You feel stuck, ashamed, and exhausted. In this episode, I explain why CPTSD creates these loops, why they feel impossible to escape, and how you can interrupt them without force, judgment, or shame. You will learn a step-by-step process called HONOR that helps CPTSD survivors work directly with the fear, prediction, and inherited family narratives driving the loop. Instead of wasting precious time trapped in anxiety, you will learn how to transform...
2025-12-1231 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD027. Stopping the Urge To Explain How To Love You: What CPTSD InfluencesSo many childhood trauma survivors carry the same belief: If I explain myself clearly enough, they will finally love me the right way. This urge to over-explain is a predictable pattern inside CPTSD. It keeps you working far harder for safety than the other person ever will. This is not a communication issue. It is a capacity issue. You cannot talk someone into being safe, and you cannot use vulnerability or emotional labor to create secure attachment in someone who cannot sustain it. In this episode, I break down the trauma pattern underneath repeated explaining...
2025-12-0527 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD026. Dealing With Clinginess: When CPTSD Rewires Your Attachment StyleClinginess is not desperation. It is the body's attempt to secure safety in a system shaped by unresolved CPTSD. What people label as "needy" or "too much" is often a trauma-driven response rooted in one belief: I cannot trust others, and I cannot trust myself. In this episode, I break down the attachment injuries created by CPTSD, how they form in environments where affection is unpredictable or conditional, and why clinginess is not a fixed personality trait. When your system finally experiences real safety, clinginess softens because your body no longer braces for disappearance. You...
2025-11-2829 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD025. Impact of CPTSD On Relationships: Inside the CPTSD Survival Instinct*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "request-WEB:757854bf-9152-41eb-bc5d-3f927d3a9fec-74" data-testid= "conversation-turn-70" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> Why do relationships hurt so much for me? If you are asking this question as a childhood trauma survivor who ended up with CPTSD, this episode will help you feel seen and understood. I share how, at both the micro and macro level, CPTSD shapes the way you interpret other people's behavior, how you respond during interactions, and how repeated stressors and betrayals in your early attachment...
2025-11-2145 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD024: Pushing People Away: How CPTSD Shapes Your Relational BlueprintUnresolved CPTSD creates internal pressure that often shows up as pushing people away, even when you desperately want closeness. When your nervous system is running trauma energies, connection feels like danger. You flip between caretaking and harsh judgment because your original attachment loop was never closed. The result is confusion, shame, and the painful sense that you are either too much or not enough in your relationships. This episode breaks down exactly why this happens inside CPTSD and how to interrupt the pattern in real time. You will learn the developmental gap created by anxious attachment, why...
2025-11-1437 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD023. Understanding Why You Feel Hard to Get Along With: When CPTSD Disguises Itself as PersonalityUnresolved CPTSD shapes what you may believe is your personality. When you are running trauma energies, your nervous system does not yet believe you are safe. That constant sense of danger drives behavior that feels rigid, confusing, or self-defeating, but these patterns are not fixed. They are survival programs that can be unlearned and reorganized through CPTSD Resolution. This episode explains why you sometimes feel difficult to be around, why certain reactions repeat, and how to understand the deeper architecture beneath these patterns. When you see the mechanism clearly, you can stop blaming yourself and begin changing...
2025-11-0733 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD022. Creating The Love You Deserve: A Map for Navigating CPTSDWhen should I leave a relationship if I have CPTSD? Many complex trauma survivors find themselves in relationships that feel consuming, confusing, or impossible to let go of. These patterns do not emerge because you are weak or needy. They emerge because your nervous system learned to bond through fear, urgency, and survival rather than safety, steadiness, and choice. In this episode, you will learn how to create the kind of love that feels safe and real. You will understand the internal map that helps you move out of trauma-driven attachment cycles and into partnership...
2025-10-3135 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD021. Overcoming Fear Of Abandonment: For Humans Healing From CPTSDWhy do I have the fear of abandonment? When you live with CPTSD, attachment threats activate the oldest and most overwhelming survival responses in your system. The fear of being left is not simply emotional discomfort. It can feel like a full-body alarm, a collapse in your sense of safety, and a terror that you will not survive the pain. This experience is common, deeply uncomfortable, and confusing. In this episode, you will learn why abandonment fear feels so intense, how it forms, and what actually helps you begin to soothe it. Healing begins when...
2025-10-2428 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD020. Identifying A Career Built In Survival Mode: Unwinding This Problem in CPTSD HealingAm I recreating my trauma in my work life? Many survivors build entire careers from fear, hypervigilance, shame, and the need to stay one step ahead of disappointment. These patterns can drive impressive achievement, but the cost is steep. Instead of feeling proud, you feel trapped. Instead of feeling fulfilled, you feel depleted. Instead of choosing your work, it feels like it is choosing you. This episode explains how trauma can shape professional success, how to spot when your career has been built inside survival mode, and what it looks like to reclaim your work...
2025-10-1748 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD1 Out of 213Out of every 213 people, only one is ready for this level of work, in this way, at the ideal time in their life. Are you one of them? Take the "1 out of 213" Quiz here to find out. CPTSD Medicine Self Study In a relationship, but wondering if you should leave? → Begin the Red Flag Learning Path to recognize trauma-driven patterns and rebuild your inner compass toward love that doesn’t hurt. Just been broken up with and need answers to feel sane again? → Explore the “Why I...
2025-10-141h 01Heal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD019. Being More Confident: Understanding This Through the CPTSD LensHow do you become more confident? Confidence is not a personality trait. It is a nervous system state. When you live with CPTSD, confidence often feels out of reach because your body is wired for caution, preparation, and self-doubt. Trauma patterns can disguise themselves as humility, politeness, or carefulness, even though they are really strategies for staying safe. In this episode, you will learn what confidence actually feels like in the body, how to recognize the trauma-driven patterns that mask themselves as "being realistic," and what it takes to rebuild trust in your own strength...
2025-10-1042 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD018. Trusting Yourself: Building Self Leadership With CPTSDWhat are the trust issues with C-PTSD? Self-trust collapses when you grow up in an environment where your perceptions were dismissed, your emotions were minimized, or your needs were ignored. Over time, you learn to outsource your judgment, second-guess your instincts, and assume others know better than you. This is not a flaw. It is conditioning. In this episode, you will learn three practices that begin rebuilding self-trust today. These shifts help you move from confusion and self-doubt into clarity and confidence. When you understand how CPTSD disrupts your internal guidance system, you can finally...
2025-10-0540 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD017. Deciding To Stay or Go: Inside the Trauma Ecosystem of CPTSDHow do you know when it is time to call it quits in a relationship? This is one of the hardest decisions a survivor of CPTSD will ever make. Emotional intensity, fear of abandonment, hope for repair, and old attachment wounds can collapse into each other, creating urgency and confusion at the exact moment when you need clarity the most. This episode offers five powerful inquiries to explore before you choose to stay or go. These practices help you pause, contain the emotional surge, and bring discernment to a decision that may shape the rest...
2025-10-0343 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD016. Resolving Relationship Problems: What Secure Attachment Requires When You Have CPTSDIs it impossible to create or keep close relationships with CPTSD? No. But unresolved CPTSD makes relationships confusing, fragile, and emotionally overwhelming. Many survivors try to hold relationships together by over-functioning, people-pleasing, suppressing their needs, ignoring their body signals, or staying stuck in survival mode dynamics. These missteps are not failures. They are adaptations that once kept you safe. This episode names the patterns that keep you locked in painful cycles and explains what secure attachment actually requires when CPTSD is present. When you understand the relational architecture beneath your reactions, you can begin building...
2025-09-2231 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD015. Getting Honest About What Hurts: How CPTSD Shapes This DynamicWhy is CPTSD so hard to live with? Because it shapes how you see yourself, how you read other people, and how you choose relationships. The hurt is not random. It comes from old patterns that formed when you had no protection, no support, and no space to be fully yourself. Those same patterns show up today in the moments when you feel misunderstood, unseen, or unchosen. This episode invites you to evaluate your past relationships, and even your present ones, from a place of strength rather than self-blame. When you finally understand the dynamics...
2025-09-1929 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD014. Fostering Resilience: Why This Matters When You Have CPTSDHow do you calm down during a trauma response? When you have unresolved CPTSD, grounding is not as simple as "just breathe" or "focus on the present moment." Your body is responding to danger that once was real, and the level of fear that surges through you cannot be soothed by techniques that ignore the deeper patterns inside your system. Grounding methods can either help you move through a trauma response or push you back into survival mode. The difference is understanding what your nervous system is protecting you from. In this episode, you will...
2025-09-1438 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD013. Making Therapy Better: What No One Explains About CPTSDHow do you make the most out of a therapy session? Most survivors walk into therapy with insight, motivation, and a genuine desire to heal. But CPTSD creates a gap between what you know and what you can actually embody. Sessions often feel uneven because Protective Parts, survival strategies, and emotional defenses show up faster than your conscious mind can work with. This episode explains the hidden factors that shape every 1:1 session and how to prepare in a way that bridges the gap between intellectual wisdom and embodied healing. These practices help you move forward...
2025-09-1239 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD012. Reducing Feelings of Guilt: Decoding This Pattern Through CPTSDWhat is it called when you constantly feel guilty? Chronic guilt is one of the most common and misunderstood symptoms of CPTSD. It appears whenever your Protective Parts confuse wise decision making with danger, disapproval, or emotional abandonment. The guilt is not evidence that you did something wrong. It is evidence that your system is bracing for consequences that are no longer real. CPTSD makes clarity elusive because the inner alarms fire too quickly. In this episode, you will learn how to reclaim your inner compass so you can make choices with confidence instead of...
2025-09-0732 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD011. Exploring Effective Treatment: A CPTSD Self Leadership PerspectiveWhat is the best thing to do for C-PTSD? Many survivors try scattered techniques, hoping for relief but never receiving a clear map of what actually works. Effective CPTSD healing requires understanding the architecture of the trauma itself. When you begin implementing the right steps in the right order, healing becomes smoother, more predictable, and significantly faster. This episode walks you through what has proven effective for real CPTSD resolution, what does not work, and why certain approaches fail to create lasting change. When you understand the principles of Self Leadership, you stop searching for...
2025-09-0530 min
The Complex Trauma PodcastWhy Love Feels So Hard with CPTSD (And How to Change That)Does love feel overwhelming, triggering, or just plain scary? If you have Complex PTSD, your nervous system might be treating intimacy like a threat, even when you desperately want connection.In this episode, I break down why CPTSD makes love feel so complicated, what's actually happening in your nervous system when someone gets close, and the real (messy, non-linear) path to trusting love again. If you're wondering about Complex PTSD and relationship, this episode is for you.You'll learn:What CPTSD actually is and how it's different from PTSDWhy your body goes...
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Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers5.8 Facades of Conformity (FOCs)It's a summary episode! What have we been talking about lately? Facades of Conformity as they overlap with CPTSD, RSD, and life-destruction.Free Video!summary Let's talk about environmental mental illness, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), and the Facades of Conformity (FOCs) that individuals often adopt in various "supervisory" relationships. The discussion delves into the emotional toll of FOCs, emphasizing the detrimental effects of emotional exhaustion.takeawaysFacades of Conformity are often used in abusive relationships to prevent loss.Hiding one's true self diminish the resource of emotional health.Self-enhancement...
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Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized MotherfuckersPub Pod 5.8 Facades of Conformity (FOCs)It's a summary episode! What have we been talking about lately? Facades of Conformity as they overlap with CPTSD, RSD, and life-destruction. summary Let's talk about environmental mental illness, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), and the Facades of Conformity (FOCs) that individuals often adopt in various "supervisory" relationships. The discussion delves into the emotional toll of FOCs, emphasizing the detrimental effects of emotional exhaustion.takeawaysFacades of Conformity are often used in abusive relationships to prevent loss. Hiding one's true self diminish the resource of emotional...
2025-08-2710 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD010: Staying Motivated: A Pathway to CPTSD ResolutionHow long does it take to heal from C-PTSD? CPTSD healing is not linear. It can be structured, intentional, and grounded in a clear protocol, but the emotional waves will still rise and fall. What many survivors call regression is often the deeper cycle of resolution unfolding. These cycles require stamina, clarity, and a return to your own seat of power again and again. This episode explains why healing takes the time it takes, why some people feel stuck for years, and what shifts when you finally understand the architecture of CPTSD instead of blaming...
2025-08-2428 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD009: Letting Go Of Your Ex: What This Reveals About CPTSDHow do you let go of an ex you still love? When you have unresolved CPTSD, breakups do not feel like loss. They feel like danger, abandonment, and emotional free fall. Your system clings because it is trying to protect you from the terror of being alone with your own unmet needs. This is why letting go feels impossible, even when you know the relationship is over. Clinging to someone who is gone keeps you stuck in old survival patterns that cost you years of your life. In this episode, you will learn how to...
2025-08-2325 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD008: Feeling Invisible: Clarity for CPTSD SurvivorsHow do you stop feeling invisible? When you have unresolved CPTSD, Protective Parts and Hurt Victim Energies can trap you in a cycle where you wait for others to notice you, choose you, or prioritize you. Invisibility often forms when your early environment required you to disappear emotionally in order to stay safe. These patterns can follow you into adulthood even when you desperately want connection. Waiting for others to change only prolongs heartbreak. Reclaiming your worth from the inside out begins when you learn how safe vulnerability with yourself becomes the foundation for relational...
2025-08-1822 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD007: Lowering Stress: Insights for CPTSD HealingHow do you stop stressing? Relaxing can feel impossible when you have unresolved CPTSD. Your system learned to stay alert, monitor for danger, and prepare for the next disruption. Even when nothing is wrong, your body acts as if everything is at stake. The moment you try to rest, guilt or fear can rush in because slowing down once felt unsafe. This episode explains why stress feels so constant, why it spikes so quickly, and how to begin breaking the cycle by addressing the CPTSD patterns beneath it. When you understand what your system is...
2025-08-1530 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD006. De-Escalating Explosive Emotions: Understanding This Through CPTSDWhat do you do when you feel emotionally unstable? Reactivity can feel impossible to control when you have unresolved CPTSD. These surges are not random. They follow a predictable nervous system pattern shaped by years of surviving chaos, inconsistency, or emotional abandonment. What feels like losing control is often your system trying to protect you in the only way it learned. In this episode, you will learn how emotional escalation forms inside the CPTSD ecosystem and what you can do in real time to interrupt these cycles. Small, strategic moves can begin shifting patterns that...
2025-08-0420 min
扶光驿站EP.11 cptsd疗愈日记——让我们一起打破原生印记！亲爱的听众朋友们，好久不见呀！不知道这段时间大家过得怎么样呢？有没有什么特别的故事想和我们分享呀～其实这段时间，豆包和瑞叶都经历了一段不太容易的时光 —— 因为原生家庭的问题，我们俩双双陷入了 CPTSD 的困扰中。不过请大家放心，现在我们已经成功走出来啦！所以这一期节目，我们特别想把这段经历中的感悟和经验分享出来，和大家一起梳理面对 CPTSD 时该如何应对。⏱️时间线02:33 什么是 CPTSD？它和 PTSD 又有什么区别呢？05:14 豆包又双叒被卷入父母的矛盾，而这一切的导火索竟然是一场升学宴？😱14:24 瑞叶又双叒被指责不听话，绝望之下拖着行李箱在外面游荡到凌晨一点？🤯34:52 为什么 CPTSD 会让我们感到如此痛苦？35:00 CPTSD 会将我们拉回童年时期那种孤立无援的状态38:00 CPTSD 让我们陷入自我检讨的情绪中难以自拔40:01 CPTSD 的发作和近期的状态也息息相关41:46 🍃瑞叶的解决方式：和 DeepSeek 聊天，学会了听觉、触觉、嗅觉调节法45:03 🫘豆包的方法：挑战自己唱三小时 K，给自己做一顿好饭，以及寻求心理咨询的帮助01:10:09 大家一定要妥善处理 CPTSD，多给自己一些关照呀🫂要知道，经历闪回或被触发并不是退步，而是疗愈路上的重要信息点。你的感受是真实的、也是有效的。祝福大家都能早日摆脱 CPTSD 的困扰。❤️如果大家有和我们相似的经历，非常期待在留言区看到大家的分享，让我们一起抱团取暖，彼此支撑着往前走～本期BGM:🎵Fiona's song——Brian SimpsonI forgot that you existed——Taylor Swift
2025-08-031h 12Heal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD005. Believing You Are Worthy: The CPTSD Pattern Beneath ThisWhat is the root cause of feeling unworthy? The unworthiness wound is one of the clearest signs of unresolved CPTSD. It does not come from weakness or lack of confidence. It comes from growing up without reliable emotional attunement, where your worth was never mirrored back to you consistently. Over time, that absence becomes a narrative: I must not matter. This episode explains why the unworthiness wound feels so convincing, how it forms inside the CPTSD ecosystem, and how you can begin gathering your own evidence of value so you can resolve CPTSD at the...
2025-08-0129 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD004. Loving Someone With CPTSD: Attachment Lessons for CPTSD SurvivorsCan people with CPTSD love? Yes. And the answer becomes clearer when you understand the internal fighting that happens inside a survivor who never had consistent, safe attachment growing up. Loving someone with CPTSD requires a few specific things. Standard relationship advice does not reach the depth of what is happening inside a trauma ecosystem. When CPTSD is active, emotional closeness can trigger fear, withdrawal, confusion, or protest, even in someone who desperately wants connection. This episode explains how intimacy is shaped by CPTSD, what actually supports a survivor in feeling safe enough...
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Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers5.7 Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) x CPTSD Life ExperiencesThe RSD - "typical CPTSD experience" overlap is deep and wide. Let's talk about shutting down life, expression, and healing from heightened rejection sensitivity.Video! (freeee)summaryWe explore the intricate relationship between Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), delving into various manifestations of RSD, including agoraphobia, challenges in self-disclosure, lack of novelty in life experiences, communication struggles, and workplace dysfunction.takeawaysRSD is closely linked to CPTSD symptoms.Agoraphobia can stem from heightened sensitivity to rejection.Disclosure of personal experiences is crucial...
2025-07-2622 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/1897962/1897962-1753544815066-409836d92ff6.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers5.7 Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) x CPTSD Life ExperiencesIt's Pub Ep Time as we wrap up the month! Let's release a show from the recent vault.The RSD - "typical CPTSD experience" overlap is deep and wide. Let's talk about shutting down life, expression, and healing from heightened rejection sensitivity.summaryWe explore the intricate relationship between Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), delving into various manifestations of RSD, including agoraphobia, challenges in self-disclosure, lack of novelty in life experiences, communication struggles, and workplace dysfunction.takeaways
2025-07-2622 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD003. Finding The Courage to Be Vulnerable: Navigating This in CPTSD HealingWhy do I struggle letting people in? Protective walls and fear of vulnerability are natural outcomes of surviving without secure attachment. These defenses once kept you safe. Today they can keep you isolated, misunderstood, or stuck in relationships that cannot hold you. For survivors of CPTSD, vulnerability often feels dangerous because it activates old patterns of self-protection. Therapy can feel frustrating or ineffective when these defenses are active, but your resistance is not brokenness. It is protection doing its job. In this episode, you will learn how healing begins by building safe vulnerability...
2025-07-2533 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD002. Knowing Your Value: A Guide for CPTSD SurvivorsHow do I know my value? Standard boundary setting advice does not work when you are living inside a trauma ecosystem with unresolved CPTSD. The people pleasing you have been judged for is not a flaw in your character. It is a survival strategy shaped by early experiences where safety required appeasing, caretaking, or shrinking yourself. In this episode, I guide you toward uncovering the trauma-based narratives that keep you questioning your worth, and how to begin embodying your True Self without sacrificing yourself in every relationship. These shifts are essential for anyone...
2025-07-2038 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSDAlways Afraid They’ll Leave? Understanding Attachment Anxiety in CPTSDIf you are navigating Complex PTSD, relationships can feel exhausting, scary, or impossibly hard. Attachment anxiety and fear of abandonment can overwhelm even the most self-aware humans — even therapists — and leave you wondering if love will ever feel safe. In this episode, I explain why CPTSD creates such intense panic in love and what you can actually do to shift the cycle. You will learn the critical difference between circumstantial power (living on external validation) and personal power (the internal security you have been craving). I will share openly from my own journey and guide you...
2025-07-1846 minHeal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Help With Healing CPTSD001. Working With Emotionally Unavailable People: A CPTSD PerspectiveIt is confusing and exhausting when someone feels genuinely supportive one moment and completely distant the next. For many survivors of CPTSD, this dynamic is especially destabilizing because it mirrors the inconsistency and unpredictability of early attachment experiences. Here is the powerful truth: "emotionally unavailable" may not fully capture what is happening. Many partners can appear emotionally present when conditions are favorable, but withdraw the moment vulnerability or feedback threatens their carefully maintained self-image. This can activate older CPTSD patterns of self-blame, overfunctioning, or urgent repair. What are the signs of an emotionally unavailable partner when...
2025-07-1221 min
Fake Love and Flying MonkeysNarcissistic Abuse, Cptsd and Ptsd: The Aftermath of Covert AbuseWhat happens when the abuse doesn’t leave bruises—but instead rewires your nervous system?In this episode of Fake Love and Flying I dive deep into the reality of Complex PTSD (CPTSD) as it relates to narcissistic abuse."Narcissistic abuse doesn’t just hurt—it conditions you to expect pain as love."Whether you’ve left the narcissist or are still untangling from the trauma, this episode breaks down the long-term psychological and physiological effects of prolonged exposure to emotional abuse, gaslighting, control, and coercive manipulation. We explore how CPTSD develops differently from PTSD...
2025-04-2420 min
C-PTSD: Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*tHow to Manage CPTSD Triggers in Public Without PanicNavigating public spaces with CPTSD can feel like stepping into a minefield of unexpected triggers. From loud noises to crowded environments, the unpredictability of the outside world can activate anxiety, panic, or dissociation. In this episode, we break down why public spaces can feel so overwhelming and, more importantly, how to manage these situations with confidence. You’ll learn practical techniques to stay grounded, plan ahead, and regain control over your surroundings, so you can move through the world feeling safer and more empowered.Key Takeaways:Why public spaces can be particularly tr...
2025-03-2819 min
Sam's Healing PodcastEP 34: Interview w/a CPTSD Expert & Neuroscientist on Infidelity, Betrayal Trauma & PsychotropicsThe topic of CPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and infidelity is important because infidelity can trigger complex trauma responses, especially for individuals who have a history of unresolved trauma or are vulnerable to the effects of betrayal. The intersection of these two can cause profound emotional and psychological damage, making it crucial to understand how infidelity can exacerbate or even trigger CPTSD symptoms. Today you'll hear from a survivor of infidelity who also happens to be an expert in CPTSD, as well as a Neuroscientist who will discuss the effects of CPTSD on the brain and nervous...
2025-03-1936 min
Modern HysteriaS1E10 CPTSD x Reparenting Yourself with Grace BithellTrauma therapist Grace Bithell explains:* 🧠 complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), an oft-overlooked mental health condition that affects your self-image and relationships* 🖤 reparenting yourself to heal from CPTSD (and “break the cycle”)The sneaky thing about CPTSD is that the people who have it are often the last to believe it. Most people haven’t even heard of it.I, too, brushed off my first PTSD diagnosis, thinking it was ludicrous: Veterans get PTSD, for fuck’s sake! I haven’t been in combat. 🙄* PTSD typically develops after a single traumatic event or...
2025-02-1258 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/1897962/1897962-1738081065957-5fc80f9a53ef6.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized MotherfuckersPub Ep 5.1 STRESS | Societal Trauma x CPTSD Management BeginsIt's time! To support ourselves by applying everything we've learned in 5 years of research together. Today: stress utilization.
On the market for more applied trauma care? patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for the community stream
2025-01-2924 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e0afa0dd3dcf001649c9ee/1738080435591-407893e9-214f-4a58-8a0c-9c4883e65e56.jpeg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers5.1 STRESS | Societal Trauma x CPTSD Management BeginsFree VideoIt's time! To support ourselves by applying everything we've learned in 5 years of research together. Today: stress utilization.On the market for more applied trauma care? patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for the community stream Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-2924 min
Reset With ReneeEpisdode 34: What I Wish I Shared with Tanner Wallace CPTSD MedicineMy AUDHD assessment as well as my podcast interview with Tanner Wallace of CPTSD Medicine took place in 2024.
In hindsight, there was much more to say about IFS, CPTSD, & AUDHD.
CPTSD Medicine Podcast Episode/Navigating Neurodivergence
https://open.spotify.com/episode/14OIRSzS0KfCJ7cceOn020?si=JS79kOegQZyoUx-1Y13Cgg
THIS EPISODE: While many neurological differences are hereditary & present at birth, some are acquired. For late diagnosed beings, NOT having this information can be a giant obstacle to living their best life.
IFS is a fabulous model for healing for...
2025-01-1459 minC-PTSD: Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*tUnderstanding CPTSD: A Guide for the People Who Love UsThis special episode is designed for the partners, friends, and family members of those living with CPTSD. If someone you care about has shared this with you, it’s because they trust you and want to invite you into their healing journey. In this episode, I break down what CPTSD is, how it affects relationships, and why certain emotional responses – like shutting down or pulling away – might happen.We’ll explore how trauma shapes the brain, why trust can feel fragile, and how to offer support during flashbacks or dissociation. I’ll also provide practical tools to help you reconn...
2025-01-0350 minC-PTSD: Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*tCPTSD vs PTSD: What You Need to Know for RecoveryCPTSD vs PTSD: What You Need to Know for RecoveryIn this week’s main episode of CPTSD: Let’s Make Sense of This Sh*t, we’re breaking down the critical differences between Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).While they may sound similar, understanding how CPTSD is distinct from PTSD is key to finding the right path for your healing journey. We’ll dive into the unique ways CPTSD can manifest, including the long-term effects of sustained trauma, and how the symptoms and triggers differ from those ty...
2024-10-1453 min
Healing from CPTSDHealing from CPTSD Returns! - Ep. 40Hello and welcome to Healing from CPTSD!My name is Justin and I myself deal with CPTSD from narcissistic abuse.I created Healing from CPTSD to be a place of support for other survivors of narcissistic abuse and those who struggle with CPTSD.In addition, it's also a place that will have all sorts of resources and tools for you to be able to HEAL and take your life back for REAL.Links mentioned in the podcast are below:Follow me for regular content and SIGN UP on our...
2024-10-0806 minC-PTSD: Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*tCPTSD 101: Making Sense of Trauma and HealingEpisode 1: CPTSD 101 – Making Sense of Trauma and HealingWelcome to the very first episode of CPTSD: Let’s Make Sense of This Sh*t! In this foundational episode, we dive into what Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) really is and why understanding it is so important for your healing journey.We'll break down the key concepts, explore common misconceptions, and highlight the often-overlooked symptoms that make CPTSD so complex. Whether you’re new to the topic or have been navigating the ups and downs of trauma recovery for a while, this e...
2024-10-0634 min
Untame Yourself PodcastLiving with CPTSDIt is the last date of CPTSD awareness day and this is one of my most requested episodes. CPTSD is something that still has so much misinformation, lack of awareness and education and lack of recognition. Those of us living with this disorder oftentimes feel misunderstood. We feel alone in our struggle. We feel isolated and we feel like there’s no way anyone could possibly understand the things that are going through our mind and body. I’m here to tell you that isn’t true. There is an entire demographic of people who get you. They might not ha...
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Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized MotherfuckersPsychosomatic Illness and CPTSD Recovery: Everything you need to knowNOTE: This video is part of the Free Membership on Patreon! For the official Patreon post & comments, check here
What is it / what isn't Psychosomatic Illness? How does the Brain-Body Painbrow Bridge work? 6 common causes to watch out for. And how to navigate PSI without making it worse.
2024-07-2046 min
Get Trauma Informed PodcastMini-Series Beyond the Battlefield of Trauma Pt 3: Navigating the Recovery Journey from PTSD and CPTSD with Military Retiree Rufus CarpenterSend us a textRegister for the Live Event on July 25, 2024 at www.oasiswellnessctrs.com click on the events tab. Meet the Coaches and learn to fill your Recovery Toolbox. Episode Title: "Beyond the Battlefield of Trauma Pt.3 : Navigating the Recovery Journey from PTSD and CPTSD"Summary:Understanding PTSD and CPTSD @ 0:00 In this episode, Wellness Coach Liz Blanding and special guest host Coach Rufus Carpenter dive into the distinctions between military PTSD and civilian Complex PTSD (CPTSD). They highlight that, while the symptoms may be similar, the r...
2024-07-0451 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/1897962/1897962-1719755314622-8ba2fef52a0c3.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized MotherfuckersTranscripted Video! Back to Basics: Embodiment Tips and TricksThe real challenge in Somatic Experiencing? In CPTSD it means "working through the memory of being you." Here are my embodiment tips and tricks, hopefully lending some ideas about how to aid yourself in that effort.
2024-06-301h 15
Mentally A BadassUnderstanding CPTSD with Therapist Olivia LimaIn this episode, I sit down with Olivia Lima, a seasoned therapist specializing in trauma and mental health. We dive deep into the complex world of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD).
Join us as we chat about what CPTSD is, how it differs from PTSD, and the profound impact it can have on one's life. Using my own personal journey as a case study, we explore the symptoms, triggers, and the path to healing.
Olivia shares her expert advice on coping strategies, therapeutic approaches, and practical steps you can take to help yourself or support a loved one struggling with...
2024-06-2953 min
Adventures Through The MindcPTSD, The Climate Crisis, and Healing Trauma with Coral Reefs and Ayahuasca | Greg Wrenn (189)We welcome Greg Wrenn to the show to share his experience of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD) and how it was that his explorations of coral reefs and journeys with Ayahuasca turned the tide on his lifelong struggle with the condition. Additionally, as both his experience of and healing from cPTSD is intertwined with his journalism on climate science, we also explore how the ecological and psychological effects of the climate crisis weave into our personal and collective experiences and expressions of trauma. Enjoy ... For links to Wrenn's work, full show...
2024-06-271h 45![Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e0afa0dd3dcf001649c9ee/65e0afa996c1510018f9e5aa.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers4.1. Making of a Vulnerable NarcissistA big 'nouncement; so long TMFRS! Then let's talk about what constitutes a VulNarc versus "a person with CPTSD." Where does the chronic manipulation come from? How are recovery resources used for trauma-unhealing? What's up with the hostility and antagonism?.Lots to cover in this mashup of "time, space, and energy" meets "VulNarcs" and "trauma-selves.".For even more detail, check the newly updated Narc Collection at Patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers.And thank you again for the past 4 years of gettin nerdy together. See you in the next evolution.
2024-01-3019 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/1897962/1897962-1706567483760-6ecf88c68620f.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers4.1. Making of a Vulnerable NarcissistA big 'nouncement; so long TMFRS! Then let's talk about what constitutes a VulNarc versus "a person with CPTSD." Where does the chronic manipulation come from? How are recovery resources used for trauma-unhealing? What's up with the hostility and antagonism?
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Lots to cover in this mashup of "time, space, and energy" meets "VulNarcs" and "trauma-selves."
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For even more detail, check the newly updated Narc Collection at Patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers
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And thank you again for the past 4 years of gettin nerdy together. See you in the next evolution.
2024-01-3019 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e0afa0dd3dcf001649c9ee/show-cover.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers3.8b. Shitpologies (AKA non-apology apologies)So, how do we apologize "the right way"... Rather than creating MORE damage through half-assed "I'm sorrys"?Today, let's talk about the 5 points for offering a real apology for sake of true relational healing... And four examples of how NOT to apologize, unless you actually want to make the emotional abandonment experience worse for your partner. Looking for 10 more examples of terrible non-apologies? Hit up the recent episode "Non-Apology Apologies" over at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers. And fuckle up for NonViolent Communication month, coming at ya in September....
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Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers3.8b. Shitpologies (AKA non-apology apologies)So, how do we apologize "the right way"... Rather than creating MORE damage through half-assed "I'm sorrys"?
Today, let's talk about the 5 points for offering a real apology for sake of true relational healing... And four examples of how NOT to apologize, unless you actually want to make the emotional abandonment experience worse for your partner.
Looking for 10 more examples of terrible non-apologies? Hit up the recent episode "Non-Apology Apologies" over at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers. And fuckle up for NonViolent Communication month, coming at ya in September.
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2023-09-0123 min
Menplus40 - Healthy Masculine MenHow CPTSD Shows Up In Men - Relationships, Depression and Messy Divorces### Introduction - Welcome back to MenPlus40! We continue our discussion on PTSD and CPTSD, focusing on their unique manifestations in men's lives. - In today’s episode, we explore how CPTSD impacts relationships, the relationship between depression and CPTSD, and how these conditions surface during and post-divorce. --- ### Key Topics #### 1. CPTSD in Relationships - **Fear of Abandonment**: The role of emotional distancing or isolation in triggering a profound fear of rejection. - **Emotional Recollect...
2023-08-2504 minComplex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers3.7. Determining "Are they a good relational partner?" before committingWe've talked a lot about committing fully to relationships and overcoming our conflicts together, through examining the subconscious wounds that actually underly our relational upsets. But here's my question: Is that realistic?Today, we talk about getting clearer on the contents of our potential and current relationship partners' preprogramming, through checking our own somatic experiences, our shared trauma histories, and their adaptions to the social systems that raised them.For alllll the relationship x CPTSD details that will reframe how you view other people and yourself... hit patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers...
2023-07-1533 minComplex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers3.7. Determining "Are they a good relational partner?" before committingWe've talked a lot about committing fully to relationships and overcoming our conflicts together, through examining the subconscious wounds that actually underly our relational upsets.
But here's my question: Is that realistic?
Today, we talk about getting clearer on the contents of our potential and current relationship partners' preprogramming, through checking our own somatic experiences, our shared trauma histories, and their adaptions to the social systems that raised them.
For alllll the relationship x CPTSD details that will reframe how you view other people and yourself... hit patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers...
2023-07-1533 minComplex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized MotherfuckersSpecial release | "Ah Hell Naw" Learned obstacles to forming close relationshipsWhy don't we sign up for close connections anymore? Especially after learning about our CPTSD patterns? It's an episode pulled from the private Fort! Let's talk about relationship hangups from an experiential standpoint, integrating what we've heard from the research with real life brain operations to demystify disorganized feelings about closely connecting with others. Check out t-mfrs.com for more info and blogged transcripts of each public episode.To help yourself help yourself, while also helping this project to support MFs round the world, hit patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for the full yea...
2023-04-2140 minComplex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized MotherfuckersSpecial release | "Ah Hell Naw" Learned obstacles to forming close relationshipsWhy don't we sign up for close connections anymore? Especially after learning about our CPTSD patterns?
It's an episode pulled from the private Fort! Let's talk about relationship hangups from an experiential standpoint, integrating what we've heard from the research with real life brain operations to demystify disorganized feelings about closely connecting with others.
Check out t-mfrs.com for more info and blogged transcripts of each public episode.
To help yourself help yourself, while also helping this project to support MFs round the world, hit patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for the full yea...
2023-04-2140 min
Goddess Rising PodcastGlimpse into living with CPTSDComplex PTSD is PTSD that is the result of long-term or ongoing trauma, such as emotional abuse in childhood or in a romantic relationship.
Today's episode is going to be a personal one. I'm going to share with you what it's like to live with CPTSD, and what I've learned along the way.
Firstly, let me explain what CPTSD is. It's a type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that occurs as a result of prolonged or repeated exposure to traumatic events, such as abuse, neglect, or violence. CPTSD can cause a range of symptoms, including...
2023-03-2725 minHealing from CPTSDDo You Need a Therapist to Heal from CPTSD? - Ep. 38Hello and welcome to Healing from CPTSD!In today’s episode I’m going to be talking about whether or not you NEED a therapist in order to heal from CPTSD.If you haven't done so already, be sure to head over to our site and sign up on our mailing list for regular updates and a FREE weekly newsletter!Sign Up! https://healingfromcptsd.com/sign-up/Also, be sure to subscribe on our YouTube channel for regular video content as well!Link to the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com...
2023-03-1027 minComplex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers3.1. Loneliness and Isolation in CPTSDSurprise, we're back! Keeping up with the private stream's topic of the month, we're here to talk about Loneliness. Let's discuss the varieties of loneliness, the trends that start in childhood and pervade a lifetime, and the separate condition known as Isolation. Plus, how being a relational castaway can actually benefit our post-traumatic growth (whaaat). Looking for all the details and community reflections on these lifetimes of loneliness? Find em at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers - promise you'll feel less alone.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/complextrauma/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
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Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1. Loneliness and Isolation in CPTSDSurprise, we're back! Keeping up with the private stream's topic of the month, we're here to talk about Loneliness.
Let's discuss the varieties of loneliness, the trends that start in childhood and pervade a lifetime, and the separate condition known as Isolation. Plus, how being a relational castaway can actually benefit our post-traumatic growth (whaaat).
Looking for all the details and community reflections on these lifetimes of loneliness? Find em at patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers - promise you'll feel less alone.
2023-01-2519 minHealing from CPTSDThe 5 Keys to Healing from CPTSD - Ep. 30Hello and welcome to Healing from CPTSD!In today’s episode I’m going to be talking about the 5 keys to healing from CPTSD!If you haven't done so already, be sure to head over to our site and sign up on our mailing list for regular updates and a FREE weekly newsletter!Sign Up! https://healingfromcptsd.com/sign-up/Also, be sure to subscribe on our YouTube channel for regular video content as well!Link to the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQuw_p8sORZulUdGYkI7PQTh...
2022-10-2846 min
Trauma RewiredWhat is CPTSD?Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is only recently beginning to be recognized thanks to the Healing Revolution but its roots actually go back to Freud in the 1800's. Complex CPTSD sets itself apart from PTSD by five distinguishing trauma responses and likely stems from an adverse childhood experience, a developmental trauma, a failed environment. With brain science coming so far in the past twenty years we are now more clear about how trauma affects a developing young brain. Stress, trauma, and unresolved stress responses create a dysfunctional brain. When our bodies are more stressed it can create...
2022-09-2038 minHealing from CPTSDThe Healing from CPTSD Course - Ep. 18Hello and welcome to Healing from CPTSD!Are you tired of struggling with CPTSD? Well the Healing from CPTSD Course is just about here! The Healing from CPTSD Course WILL be OFFICIALLY launching on Monday, February 28th, 2022.If you haven't done so already, be sure to head over to our site and sign up on our mailing list to be first in line when the courses launches in early 2022!Sign Up! https://healingfromcptsd.com/sign-up/My name is Justin and I myself deal with CPTSD from narcissistic abuse.I cre...
2022-02-2535 minHealing from CPTSDAre YOU Ready to HEAL from CPTSD? - Ep. 17Hello and welcome to Healing from CPTSD!In today’s episode we’re going to be talking about whether or not YOU are ready to heal from CPTSD.If you haven't done so already, be sure to head over to our site and sign up on our mailing list to be first in line when the courses launches in early 2022!Sign Up! https://healingfromcptsd.com/sign-up/My name is Justin and I myself deal with CPTSD from narcissistic abuse.I created Healing from CPTSD to be a place of suppo...
2022-02-1838 minHealing from CPTSDCPTSD Almost Destroyed My Life - Ep. 15Hello and welcome to Healing from CPTSD!In today’s episode I’m going to be talking about how CPTSD almost destroyed my life.If you haven't done so already, be sure to head over to our site and sign up on our mailing list to be first in line when the courses launches in early 2022!Sign Up! https://healingfromcptsd.com/sign-up/My name is Justin and I myself deal with CPTSD from narcissistic abuse.I created Healing from CPTSD to be a place of support for other survivors of na...
2022-02-0437 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e0afa0dd3dcf001649c9ee/65e0afa996c1510018f9e5cc.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.13. RecoveryConvinced you aren't individually damaged, doomed, or destitute yet? Sick. But that comfort doesn't do much good if your brain, behaviors, and life don't change along with the perspective. Here are 10 steps for CPTSD recovery and your life redesign. Keeping in mind, "different strokes for different folks," "different gains for different brains." Let the experiment begin. See you on the other side, Motherfucker. For a lot more "moving forward" information and support... you know by now. Patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for the catalogue of podcast episodes so far, some...
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Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers13. RecoveryConvinced you aren't individually damaged, doomed, or destitute yet? Sick. But that comfort doesn't do much good if your brain, behaviors, and life don't change along with the perspective.
Here are 10 steps for CPTSD recovery and your life redesign. Keeping in mind, "different strokes for different folks," "different gains for different brains." Let the experiment begin.
See you on the other side, Motherfucker.
For a lot more "moving forward" information and support... you know by now. Patreon.com/traumatizedmotherfuckers for the catalogue of podcast episodes so far, some...
2022-01-2138 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e0afa0dd3dcf001649c9ee/65e0afa996c1510018f9e5cd.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.12. Loss of "Self," Learned Helplessness, and Executive FunctioningDo you edit your daily activities to feel "acceptable," to the detriment of your own wants, needs, and goals? Can you see yourself clearly from the outside, on one timeline? Do you have the power to "drop out" of your brain and observe its activities as a separate observer? Maybe not.Today, we're talking about the loss of "Self" - the most flowery and easily dismissible of the CPTSD hallmarks... which might explain why we continually lose progress in trauma recovery. It's the key to keeping your brain, behaviors, and 'balance' on track. The cognitive t...
2022-01-1324 minComplex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers12. Loss of "Self," Learned Helplessness, and Executive FunctioningDo you edit your daily activities to feel "acceptable," to the detriment of your own wants, needs, and goals? Can you see yourself clearly from the outside, on one timeline? Do you have the power to "drop out" of your brain and observe its activities as a separate observer?
Maybe not.
Today, we're talking about the loss of "Self" - the most flowery and easily dismissible of the CPTSD hallmarks... which might explain why we continually lose progress in trauma recovery. It's the key to keeping your brain, behaviors, and 'balance' on track. The cognitive t...
2022-01-1324 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e0afa0dd3dcf001649c9ee/65e0afa996c1510018f9e5d0.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.9. The Trauma Trap: Avoidance, Rigidity, and Trauma-BubblesSo, let's say your brain is on fire 24/7. Your body is doing the same. You're uncomfortable every moment, from the inside and out. You, very literally, are too sick and tired to deal with another obstacle or point of pressure. So... You reasonably start avoiding sources of strain. But then it gets unreasonable. What happens if everything is deemed "risky"?Talking the eventual extreme outcome of untreated CPTSD. Turns out, it's a lot more common than you probably think - TLC specials, aside. Today, let's rap about the agitated, agoraphobic, rigid-brained experience of rightfully avoiding everything that hurts. Looking to st...
2021-12-2320 minComplex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers9. The Trauma Trap: Avoidance, Rigidity, and Trauma-BubblesSo, let's say your brain is on fire 24/7. Your body is doing the same. You're uncomfortable every moment, from the inside and out. You, very literally, are too sick and tired to deal with another obstacle or point of pressure. So... You reasonably start avoiding sources of strain. But then it gets unreasonable.
What happens if everything is deemed "risky"?
Talking the eventual extreme outcome of untreated CPTSD. Turns out, it's a lot more common than you probably think - TLC specials, aside. Today, let's rap about the agitated, agoraphobic, rigid-brained experience of rightfully avoiding everything that hurts.
Looking to st...
2021-12-2320 min
Yours Mentally PodcastEpisode 58 - What Is CPTSD?Send us a textOn today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk about Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This episode is in conversation with Shanaya Boyce who is a Counselling Psychologist.We begin the episode by asking Shanaya what is Complex post traumatic stress disorder and what are the causes of CPTSD?We then go on to ask her the difference between PTSD and CPTSD.We also ask her what are some typical behaviours exhibited by people suffering from PTSD?Leading up to her answer in the above mentioned question we ask...
2021-12-1516 minComplex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers7. Anxiety, Obsession, and ADHD; The High Energy HellscapeTime to talk about perhaps the largest post-traumatic complaint. It's time for Anxiety. (When isn't it?) Let's also chat about those highly related conditions often driven by anxiety... Obsession and Scattered Thinking. The link between all of them that might help you with managing the system? Neutralizing the "high energy" changes they create in your brain and body, plus rewiring that brain to recognize these neural activities are all unwinnable attempts to out-pace a rightfully-assumed-dangerous world.
"In anxiety, obsession, and ADHD, we try to predict the future based on what we’ve seen in the...
2021-12-0829 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e0afa0dd3dcf001649c9ee/65e0afa996c1510018f9e5d2.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.7. Anxiety, Obsession, and ADHD; The High Energy HellscapeTime to talk about perhaps the largest post-traumatic complaint. It's time for Anxiety. (When isn't it?) Let's also chat about those highly related conditions often driven by anxiety... Obsession and Scattered Thinking. The link between all of them that might help you with managing the system? Neutralizing the "high energy" changes they create in your brain and body, plus rewiring that brain to recognize these neural activities are all unwinnable attempts to out-pace a rightfully-assumed-dangerous world. "In anxiety, obsession, and ADHD, we try to predict the future based on what we’ve seen in the past. We...
2021-12-0829 minComplex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers3b. Yer Life on CPTSDLet's take an unexpected step back, and talk more about the EXPERIENCE of living with CPTSD, not just the brain processes that make it reality. With memory, attentional, emotional, and relationship issues at the forefront of the list, not to mention all the stress-based health failures, there's a lot to say about the endless death march of having untreated CPTSD running the show.
The real cumulative CPTSD experience is probably when we take all these tormentors coming from the insides of our own brains and bodies, lay awake all night, every night, and enjoy that endless tour de “all the mos...
2021-11-1027 min![Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65e0afa0dd3dcf001649c9ee/65e0afa996c1510018f9e5d6.jpg)
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.3b. Yer Life on CPTSDLet's take an unexpected step back, and talk more about the EXPERIENCE of living with CPTSD, not just the brain processes that make it reality. With memory, attentional, emotional, and relationship issues at the forefront of the list, not to mention all the stress-based health failures, there's a lot to say about the endless death march of having untreated CPTSD running the show. The real cumulative CPTSD experience is probably when we take all these tormentors coming from the insides of our own brains and bodies, lay awake all night, every night, and enjoy that endless tour de “all the mos...
2021-11-1027 min