trauma
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You try living with it. You wouldn’t even survive it. Don’t even dare try and bring me down. I’ll always fight for my health and survival. Don’t think I’ll let a system betray me because I won’t. Maybe being neurodivergent and having CPTSD is a good combination after all.
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I attended the distress brief intervention so I can calm down the troublesome behaviours associated with both types of my PTSD recently. It was helpful so I could stabilise a little better before doing trauma work with my CPN and social worker. I was born autistic too. But people always say “you don’t look autistic”.…
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Carl Jung explained it. When you’re the daughter of a narcissistic parent, the universe subjects and attracts you to these type of people until you undergo what is called the 12 stages of a spiritual awakening. Spiritual awakenings sound all fun and games, but it’s supposed to be the most painful process a living human…
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Some people want this personality type – because it’s rare: when I was on my psychology degree we had to take the test and mine came up INFJ. I just laughed it off, and said “sure, I’m the rarest personality type in the world – I didn’t believe in it”. Until I experienced the ni-ti…
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To analyse his quote into context from the same mind who understands, what Hemingway really means is, he looks okay on the outside, but inside – his brain was inner turmoil that bled his past traumas on to the page. Everyone forgot I was suffering too. Hemingway’s brain changed. He went through the CPTSD catastrophic…
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Living with a dad with real NPD, and ADHD, I had to learn at a very young age to tread on eggshells. When I exposed my crisis, I also wanted to see what others perceptions of me were when they saw the CPTSD attacks, mixed with the rapid cycling bipolar symptoms. I encountered the word…
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I also have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – which is a little bit different to my CPTSD. PTSD is like a whole other universe. I analysed recently my PCL-5 score: It was 75 a few months ago, it’s now at 68. I am praying I can get the score lower to at least in mid-range scores.…
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I like being single, consumed in my own thoughts in both its bitterness and glory. Relationships are difficult. Not because I want them to be, but because I will experience multiple physical symptoms when I’m in a relationship and not experiencing my separate PTSD attacks. I don’t make friends with anyone at university, mostly because…
CPTSD/Disorders of extreme stress not otherwise specified 