Healing CPTSD From Childhood Trauma

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[JnTmarie]

every time I hear this it resonates and then I feel I don’t have a right to identify with this. I feel I don’t have a right. No one would believe me. Shamed.the abuse is psychological emotional and social . Neglect caused the abuse. Worse, they didn’t believe me. As accomplished as I get I can run and disconnect I get paranoid and withdraw. You two are so wonderful. Thank you for this. I ve been triggered lately and it is exhausting. Trump reminds me of my father. Narc/psychopath

[aljr]

I had written all these questions down to ask my therapist and you had answered every single one an hour in. ❤️ i finally had my breakthrough in therapy. It took 9 months with the right therapist and I’m finally coming out of childhood disassociation. Finding safety and stability was crucial for me to start healing. I’m still very fragile and treading lightly. These videos are amazing! Thank you. ❤️

[barbaragrace]

A lot of people sure are dealing with this in their 60's! I've been in survival mode most of my life and just now able to dig deeply into this. I'm looking forward to a more comfortable state of mind and being.
Thank You for your help.

[davidnorman]

Alot of my childhood trauma memories started coming to my consciousness after being sober for three years, feeling frozen or stuck is the story of my life the guilt and shame and learned helplessness, apart of my cptsd was feeling stuck, no escape, no rescue, no help, its like accepting my fate, i remember at 13years old the physical violence had come to a head with my mom, either she was going to kill me, or the physical violence was going to stop, unhealthy thinking patterns, thank you all for this talk, i actually welcomed death when i was 13 years old, because for me, at least the pain, the rejection, the projected anger and hatred, the abandonment, the spiritual and emotional abuse would all be finally over once and for all.

[halli]

MY POSITIVE MESSAGE FOR ALL OF YOU: I feel like praising all of you and myself for wanting help. Thats huge WANTING HELP IS HUGGGGEEE GOOD JOB!! I have so much LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU! If you aren't working, or you have illness, know you aren't worthless. That healing and being brave enough to face yourself and the violations you didn't deserve is something that is worthy of calling success, to be on that journey is success. You are just as worthy and powerful as anyone else on this planet.I'm in that gray place. I had one beer after 23 days but the good thing is i stopped at one. And I'm not downplaying my huge accomplishments that I saw mostly as nothing anymore. Like stopping at one and continuing to keep trying to live clean and not beating myself up for not being "perfect". It's so much, I feel like I'm in purgatory, It hurts, it hurts soooo bad but I understand when you say you didn't have a choice to stay in denial because that's me all the way. I was going to kill myself if I had stayed in denial. I'm going to celebrate my 27th birthday this year sober and laugh at how I thought I'd be part of the 27 club.

[Noneofyourbusiness]

Thank you SOOOO much for creating this channel and "leading the charge". I honestly feel so much better knowing there is a community like this that exists. I know that I need this community and am working on healing from my CSA. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. <3

[Piyawan]

Hey, I was looking for some sort of therapy for my CPTSD and I absolutely adore what you're doing here. I've given up on looking for therapy after a year maybe more of running around for therapy and getting absolutely nothing!
Thank you so much for this.

[acertree]

This is THE best C-PTSD video on YouTube 🥇🏆🎉🎉. It's exactly what I needed to hear today 'its hard, but possible'.... 'recovery is is hard-wired in the brain'. I now hope that I can remember not to forget what I just learned.

[michellearaujo]

I have been living with complex ptsd for 19yrs Everything all of my childhood memories came crashing in my mind I was pregnant with my only daughter which is because of the flashbacks I was too scared to have another child just in case I couldnt protect two I waited until my daughter to turn 18 before I told anyone about the horrible. flashbacks because again fear of anyone making her have to deal with what was going on in my mind I went to talk to someone à month after her 18 Birthday n finally got the clarity i needed

[ShaynaPulley]

"it is not simple, that's why it's called complex"

Well... Shit. *kicks rock*

[ynordu]

i really need to look more into this stuff... i keep filling my mind with overwhelming audiobooks to try to figure out what it is that I am searching for, sitting here hating myself although everyone loves me, disassociating from reality, reliving scary events from my youth and telling myself that what i have is not real, but maybe I should really look myself in the mind and realize that i need to figure out how to heal... its been a long time that i have been running... any tips, please write back... any good audio books or guided meditation sets?

[Hanadigital]

I just want to say thank you for this amazing video! This has helped me so much! Tears started rolling down my face about half way through as I realised the pain of the reality of why things have been so difficult in my life. I know that I have the symptoms of CPTSD even if I can’t remember my early childhood years. I believe my healing started when I made the decision to go no contact with my toxic family of origin about three years ago. This was after a final interaction with the matriarch of that family who emotionally, spiritually and verbally abused me, to the point where I was left shaking and an emotional wreck after her speaking with me. I was calling the Samaritans after that conversation. And I realised that to protect my own mental health, I had to go no contact with her and the rest of them. The only way to get close to healing is to go no contact with those who would seek to poison your mind with lies about who you really are. They have no mercy, no compassion, they have no remorse for the damage they do.
I am no contact with them, and I am slowly healing.

[lauramiller]

Wow, what an amazing video and set of resources!! I just downloaded several of the pdf's too. I had never heard of c-ptsd or really thought my struggles could have caused ptsd (though I recognized the trauma) until yesterday and am blown away by how everything in this video applies to me. I'm excited to learn more and get on track to healing, now that I know all of this stuff has a clear cause and I'm not wrong for feeling this way! Thank you ladies for your work!!!

[tamaraallen]

It is sometimes overwhelming. But it needs to be realized. As a nursing student I have realized a lot of this during Mental Health class. Thank you for bringing it all together for me. Call a duck a duck. For about 2 years I lived in the town that I was abused in, that was a living nightmare. I don't suggest that to anyone. My new surroundings help me feel safe. My relationships are intentional and more loving.

[meyersonfire]

It would help if the abusers were in prison, but they're not. My ex still stalks me, and it's been 13 years since the police removed him from my home for threatening my life, so I could start my divorce and healing.

[TheRealMJTheOneAndOnly]

I've been in Internal Family Systems therapy and it helps so much! Like all other therapies for trauma, it takes time and has its' setbacks, but I'm finally feeling accurate feelings and emotions, and feeling like I'm healing from all the trauma in my life. Thank you so much for this video :) Great as ever.

[lalaladypsychicmediumheale]

Today's date October 6, 2020
I found you today and Omg!!! I am so Gr8ful to have found you....
I am 22 months & 4 days clean Meth.
I have been Struggling for all my life.
I will be joining you Community if you are still available 😉 😊 ☺ 😀
Thank for talking 👄 about a still not a Topic that is talked about.
Thank you 🌹 😊 💓 ☺

[mariyad]

Nail on the head. After all I've been through I can't even have my life the way I want it? Sheeeesh.

[runningfromchaos]

that concrete visual was very helpful for me to be able to describe this to others.