C-PTSD...What is it?

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Credits
Writer: Sidney Thompson
Script Editor: Isadora Ho
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Kira Ford
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

References

Hull, Matthew. “An Overview of Complex PTSD.” Verywell Mind, Dotdash Publishing Company, 30 Mar. 2020.

“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic, 1998.

“Understanding Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” Healthline, Healthline Media, 2005.

[Psychgo]

Are you familiar with this topic? Comment below.

[nadineo]

Not knowing you have CPTSD and just living your life thinking you're severely defective is one of the worst parts. Emotional flash backs are traumatic and scary.

[gumbreaker]

Flashbacks can also be emotional btw. a flashback isn't just an entire memory-replay in your mind of what happened, it can also be intense thoughts and feelings you had in that moment.

[engiself]

As a young adult I struggle with loud noises and yelling and I flinch so easily, causing me sudden fear which always hurts. Coming from child abuse and living in a household with fighting parents and an alcoholic father. I feel for all of you here. Everyone deserves a safe and loving childhood ❤

[deadsoon]

The most pervasive and saddening symptom of trauma is not thinking what you went through was traumatic.

[Xaforn]

The hardest part is when those closest to you brush off your trauma as “just life” or even “you should’ve known better”. Then when you try to talk about it they just make you feel like your crazy, which in my opinion is how you feel already, let alone without trying to explain it!

[midnitestrm]

I was diagnosed with C-PTSD last year. My psychologist explained to me that it’s similar to Seligman’s experiment, where dogs were placed on an electric floor and shocked repeatedly. When they moved to a section of the floor that was not electrified, they still received an electric shock. Instead of fighting harder, they gave up and just laid down and accepted the shocks. It’s called learned helplessness, and that’s pretty much what this disease is for a lot of people.

[nvtnaomiveet]

I swear they should recommend ways to cope with abusive households, because a lot of children out there really can't do anything and the best thing they got is access to the internet

[pyschologygeek]

Causes. C-PTSD is believed to be caused by severe, repetitive abuse over a long period of time. The abuse often occurs at vulnerable times in a person's life—such as early childhood or adolescence—and can create lifelong challenges.

[itzz_da_marsh]

One thing I noticed for my C-PTSD (from childhood abuse) is I like being in control of every aspect of my life and if I don’t have the control of my life I go into a spiral of anxiety.

[bananasher]

To all the people who think things like this are "quirky" or "cute".
It's not. People struggle with these every day, they're not quirky traits anyone can have.

[NayvieNoir]

While at a friend’s house recently, I was rummaging in his fridge and dropped a container of food, spilling it all over the floor.
I froze, especially when I heard him call from the living room asking what had happened.
It took a solid minute to realize he sounded more amused than angry.
If I had spilled food in my mother’s house I would’ve been yelled at for an hour and guilt tripped for a week.

[xo_lexie]

(trigger warning for abuse topics and venting and stuff!!)

I don’t know how to say this without sounding like an edgy teenager, but this disorder just makes me feel broken? Like, a defective human that will never be able to live normally because I’m just so far away from everyone else mentally. everyone worries about little things like school and what they’re going to wear, and I feel like I’m on a whole separate plane of existence.

(TW!!)
i was sexually and physically abused by my step dad for a long time, ever since I can remember (3-5 years old?), and I can’t tell anyone because he’s all nice now and no one would believe me. Stay strong, fellow people, if you are surviving through traumatizing stuff. It’s HARD, and you’re still doing it! You are valid. You are strong. You are incredible.

Edit: Sorry for the late replies, thank you all so much though for the responses- it means a lot!

[hydrogenhero]

I was actually diagnosed with C-PTSD a few years ago, and I'm so glad that you made this video. It's such a rarely discussed disorder

[christabeljoy]

“Thoughts of su!cide should be treated as an emergency” oh.

[DJ-ducf]

The most difficult thing about PTSD and CPTSD is that people will think you're doing it on purpose. They don't understand that you have no control over it whatsoever. The reaction is automatic and you cant turn it off. Trying to rationalize it away dosent work, your brain forces you into that state of mind anyway. It's like a reflex you don't want to have

[nevel-luna]

For everyone who sees my comment:
You got this! Keep fighting!

[umusty]

My dad abused my mom for most of my childhood. Loud voices and other rustling sounds, are my triggers. It's been five years since my dad left, but I still fear sounds. My mother said I need to get over it. Surely, I can't just get over ptsd. Right.




Thank you so much for the video

[wickedlycreepy]

I grew up thinking I didn’t have trauma. But discovering this channel made me realize how much I’ve been through and how strong I am

[stormstudioproductions]

I was emotionally abused from the age of 7 or 8 to the age of 16. I was abused by teachers, classmates and my parents. Whenever I went home with an unsavoury grade, my parents would yell at me for hours at a time, saying nasty, rude things. After that, they wouldn't talk to me for a week. Not even one word. I developed a horrible anxiety when I was in 6th grade. I stuttered to a point when I couldn't talk and felt like I couldn't breath when I was in a crowd. I told my parents multiple times to get me help with my anxiety, but they brushed it off, saying that's life and nobody can help. My parents were/are emotionally distant, and not empathetic.
Nowadays, I get triggered more and more often, but I have no idea where to get help. When I get triggered, I get anxious and I feel like I'm about to cry. Sometimes, I get angry too.
My teachers (not the abusing ones) feel more like parents to me, rather than my own parents.