Most Common Signs of C-PTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
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Date: 2024-02-24
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talithmara2589
As someone with cPTSD and several other disorders, I think cPTSD is the worst to deal with of every disorder I have.
About a year ago, for example, I was playing a game with some friends. One of our usuals couldn't make it, so a friend brought in one of their friends as a substitute. This person's callous harshness towards me (accusing me of doing things I didn't do, not listening to me trying to explain what I did instead, etc) made me spiral because of it's similarity to the childhood that left me with cPTSD in the first place. I had to leave that group's gaming sessions for literal MONTHS while this was being dealt with. MONTHS. All because ONE PERSON infiltrated the place I let myself be vulnerable and attacked me without fault of my own.
This is why I can't trust people. This is why I desperately cling to what I have. Because I feel like I'm not good enough to earn a place elsewhere. Because I've tried, and failed. Because my PTSD episodes flare up and cause me to be unavailable or at least volatile. Because I know to expect the worst, because it can and does happen simply since I'm so misunderstood. How can I fit in anywhere that doesn't understand me Maybe if I was better, people would make the effort, but I'm not and they don't and I just don't belong anywhere. The invasive thoughts kick in minutes after waking up and ruin my whole day, and everyone always just thinks I'm overreacting.
And this doesn't even get into the overlap with my other disorders. And it's truly heartbreaking when people are just like did you go to war No Then you don't have PTSD, shut up, the problem is that your parents didn't beat you enough! I just want people like that to stop breathing. Let me suffer in silence without piling even more abuse on top. Freaking hell.
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As someone with cPTSD and several other disorders, I think cPTSD is the worst to deal with of every disorder I have.
About a year ago, for example, I was playing a game with some friends. One of our usuals couldn't make it, so a friend brought in one of their friends as a substitute. This person's callous harshness towards me (accusing me of doing things I didn't do, not listening to me trying to explain what I did instead, etc) made me spiral because of it's similarity to the childhood that left me with cPTSD in the first place. I had to leave that group's gaming sessions for literal MONTHS while this was being dealt with. MONTHS. All because ONE PERSON infiltrated the place I let myself be vulnerable and attacked me without fault of my own.
This is why I can't trust people. This is why I desperately cling to what I have. Because I feel like I'm not good enough to earn a place elsewhere. Because I've tried, and failed. Because my PTSD episodes flare up and cause me to be unavailable or at least volatile. Because I know to expect the worst, because it can and does happen simply since I'm so misunderstood. How can I fit in anywhere that doesn't understand me Maybe if I was better, people would make the effort, but I'm not and they don't and I just don't belong anywhere. The invasive thoughts kick in minutes after waking up and ruin my whole day, and everyone always just thinks I'm overreacting.
And this doesn't even get into the overlap with my other disorders. And it's truly heartbreaking when people are just like did you go to war No Then you don't have PTSD, shut up, the problem is that your parents didn't beat you enough! I just want people like that to stop breathing. Let me suffer in silence without piling even more abuse on top. Freaking hell.
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joanlinski3291
My experience as a Survivor is that most people have no idea what I am talking about. I recently had an experience with a former partner who did something that traumatized me. I really tried to work things out with him, but our relationship didn’t survive and I had to move on-a year and a half after the break up I walked into an adult children of alcoholics meeting and it turned out that he was there-he walked out of the meeting. I went to that meeting to see if there was a way I could sort out some of the complex trauma that impacted me as a child and is affecting me in my adult life and romantic relationships. While sharing this at the meeting, there was a woman that kept looking at me and sort of giving me a hard time-I found out later that she violated my confidentiality, and then he went after me with a harassment restraining order for going to that meeting falsely, accusing me of things that were not true. I have the effect of having been traumatized by something that he did to me and then something that he did to me again people don’t understand what complex PTSD-let me say it is not a mental illness because our feelings are what’s caught up in this we don’t think about trauma. We feel our trauma and I hate that the mental health profession describes it as mental illness because it is not.
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My experience as a Survivor is that most people have no idea what I am talking about. I recently had an experience with a former partner who did something that traumatized me. I really tried to work things out with him, but our relationship didn’t survive and I had to move on-a year and a half after the break up I walked into an adult children of alcoholics meeting and it turned out that he was there-he walked out of the meeting. I went to that meeting to see if there was a way I could sort out some of the complex trauma that impacted me as a child and is affecting me in my adult life and romantic relationships. While sharing this at the meeting, there was a woman that kept looking at me and sort of giving me a hard time-I found out later that she violated my confidentiality, and then he went after me with a harassment restraining order for going to that meeting falsely, accusing me of things that were not true. I have the effect of having been traumatized by something that he did to me and then something that he did to me again people don’t understand what complex PTSD-let me say it is not a mental illness because our feelings are what’s caught up in this we don’t think about trauma. We feel our trauma and I hate that the mental health profession describes it as mental illness because it is not.
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Neobreaker10
I actually am currently dealing with Trauma. My stepdad is a nice guy, and I get it, but when he tried to help me get through a stage of my life where I tried to get a career, he was always harsh and given the fact that I am highly emotional, attempted assistance only came off as him telling me what I was doing wrong, and coupled with the fact that multiple times he has lashed out in my direction when his temper got the better of him, even when I had nothing to do with why he was so upset, I have become as the video says, hyper vigilant, always looking over my shoulder, and trying to avoid interactions with him in anything but the most casual of conversations. It even has gotten so bad to where even though my mom has taken his place in trying to help me through difficulties, any reminders about the negative memories I have about the subject cause me to withdraw, and spend my time just trying to forget.
I’m still struggling with this trauma, and I don’t know how to work past it, or what the next step is. I have a therapist, but I don’t know how we can even figure out how to do this.
And that, is my ongoing story of dealing with trauma.
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I actually am currently dealing with Trauma. My stepdad is a nice guy, and I get it, but when he tried to help me get through a stage of my life where I tried to get a career, he was always harsh and given the fact that I am highly emotional, attempted assistance only came off as him telling me what I was doing wrong, and coupled with the fact that multiple times he has lashed out in my direction when his temper got the better of him, even when I had nothing to do with why he was so upset, I have become as the video says, hyper vigilant, always looking over my shoulder, and trying to avoid interactions with him in anything but the most casual of conversations. It even has gotten so bad to where even though my mom has taken his place in trying to help me through difficulties, any reminders about the negative memories I have about the subject cause me to withdraw, and spend my time just trying to forget.
I’m still struggling with this trauma, and I don’t know how to work past it, or what the next step is. I have a therapist, but I don’t know how we can even figure out how to do this.
And that, is my ongoing story of dealing with trauma.
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rubbelkatz3672
I feel its important to note that Flashbacks, as they are portrayed in classical media, are most of the time not part of the CPTSD experience. The flashbacks are even strikingly dissimilar to PTSD, as it is often comprised of a fragmented experience. E. g. you suddenly start to smell something that isnt there, or you start to feel an emotion that is persistent but absolutely unrelated to the current situation. Patients often have problems identifying these experience as a flashback or even feel like being some sort of impostor because they think, they have no flashbacks or because their experience doesn't match the widespread symptom descriptions. It is important to note that - as with many things in life - symptoms can be a highly individual experience and should not be interpreted as invalidation.
As someone who is currently on a healing journey from CPTSD, I would have wished someone could have explained this to me sooner. The self doubt was devastating and detrimental to the healing process.
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I feel its important to note that Flashbacks, as they are portrayed in classical media, are most of the time not part of the CPTSD experience. The flashbacks are even strikingly dissimilar to PTSD, as it is often comprised of a fragmented experience. E. g. you suddenly start to smell something that isnt there, or you start to feel an emotion that is persistent but absolutely unrelated to the current situation. Patients often have problems identifying these experience as a flashback or even feel like being some sort of impostor because they think, they have no flashbacks or because their experience doesn't match the widespread symptom descriptions. It is important to note that - as with many things in life - symptoms can be a highly individual experience and should not be interpreted as invalidation.
As someone who is currently on a healing journey from CPTSD, I would have wished someone could have explained this to me sooner. The self doubt was devastating and detrimental to the healing process.
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Rainbow_Pirate
It's both helpful and distressing to find out about more and more things that are weighing me down. I can work more easily on getting better, the more I understand about my condition, but at the same time, the pile of problems seems to be getting bigger and bigger. It started with understanding my depression many years ago, then it was about learning of different aspects like dissociating, then I realized that I'm not introverted but had been suffering from social anxiety for a long time. Now, during the past year or so, I finally realized that my childhood didn't only leave me with lots of emotional wounds and seperate traumatic event memories, but with CPTSD. I've already lost so much time due to the things that happened, and it's still far from over. Sometimes, I feel like there will not be much time left to truly enjoy life after finally recovering.
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It's both helpful and distressing to find out about more and more things that are weighing me down. I can work more easily on getting better, the more I understand about my condition, but at the same time, the pile of problems seems to be getting bigger and bigger. It started with understanding my depression many years ago, then it was about learning of different aspects like dissociating, then I realized that I'm not introverted but had been suffering from social anxiety for a long time. Now, during the past year or so, I finally realized that my childhood didn't only leave me with lots of emotional wounds and seperate traumatic event memories, but with CPTSD. I've already lost so much time due to the things that happened, and it's still far from over. Sometimes, I feel like there will not be much time left to truly enjoy life after finally recovering.
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OrionJZed
All of these, to different extents and in different ways, for almost my entire life; despite general circumstances being subjectively better than they were in my youth, the scars remain ever-present, making me feel akin to the Titan Atlas being forced to keep the Earth aloft on his shoulders (I hope he never forgets to lift with his knees bent, cos it’ll be awkward if he ever has an epic back spasm.
I experienced my first major trauma when I was a toddler; according to my mother, I was like a different baby in the aftermath, and it was just the first of many, many shake-ups to come. There’s a lot to unpack, and most of it is like tangled-up cords and wires in a moving box: it’s a multi-person job that can’t be tackled all at once, and definitely shouldn’t be rushed at all.
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All of these, to different extents and in different ways, for almost my entire life; despite general circumstances being subjectively better than they were in my youth, the scars remain ever-present, making me feel akin to the Titan Atlas being forced to keep the Earth aloft on his shoulders (I hope he never forgets to lift with his knees bent, cos it’ll be awkward if he ever has an epic back spasm.
I experienced my first major trauma when I was a toddler; according to my mother, I was like a different baby in the aftermath, and it was just the first of many, many shake-ups to come. There’s a lot to unpack, and most of it is like tangled-up cords and wires in a moving box: it’s a multi-person job that can’t be tackled all at once, and definitely shouldn’t be rushed at all.
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zweipinguine
Personally i do believe i have cptsd, but not all signs align or not as much. Most of all, i don't or very rarely have flashbacks of any kind, also I'm usually curious about people but struggle to stay a peoples person and not fall back into dissociation/a blank stare, making social interactions basically have a time limit. I also struggle to maintain relationships, plus i don't think i actually trust people but morely i don't care if they tell someone else. I'm lucky i was able to maintain my hope and grow up to be somewhat optimistic, but most of the time i don't feel like a real person but more like i was merely walking this body through the motions of what a normal human being should do.
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Personally i do believe i have cptsd, but not all signs align or not as much. Most of all, i don't or very rarely have flashbacks of any kind, also I'm usually curious about people but struggle to stay a peoples person and not fall back into dissociation/a blank stare, making social interactions basically have a time limit. I also struggle to maintain relationships, plus i don't think i actually trust people but morely i don't care if they tell someone else. I'm lucky i was able to maintain my hope and grow up to be somewhat optimistic, but most of the time i don't feel like a real person but more like i was merely walking this body through the motions of what a normal human being should do.
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voogGames99
After my time in the army 3 years ago, i had all of these and still do. I never thought I had something like ptsd or cptsd, after the Sargent threatened my life and continued to put me down and single me out, over paper. i never actually did anything wrong, i got depressed and started contemplating suicide and still do everyday. I was injured and couldn't really do much and after i left they lied and denied my compensation and its been hard to live with everything. I haven't gotten better and honestly I think about taking my life a lot. I wish i never met Sargent Burleson or ever joined the army. I just wanted to some good. Now im broken beyond repair.
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After my time in the army 3 years ago, i had all of these and still do. I never thought I had something like ptsd or cptsd, after the Sargent threatened my life and continued to put me down and single me out, over paper. i never actually did anything wrong, i got depressed and started contemplating suicide and still do everyday. I was injured and couldn't really do much and after i left they lied and denied my compensation and its been hard to live with everything. I haven't gotten better and honestly I think about taking my life a lot. I wish i never met Sargent Burleson or ever joined the army. I just wanted to some good. Now im broken beyond repair.
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Csar_7
Psych2go I am not really sure. I first started watching your videos to educate myself on mental health but the I started relating to many of the signs in your multiple videos. No, I am not self diagnosing. I noticed those signs long before but I was having hard time accepting that I am not well. But after watching your video and my further research, I couldn't make any excuses anymore. I konw there is something -perhaps not c-ptsd but something. I don't even have any reason to feel this way but I still do; it is honestly so confusing and exhausting sometimes. Right now, I am just trying to find out what it is and what really caused it.
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Psych2go I am not really sure. I first started watching your videos to educate myself on mental health but the I started relating to many of the signs in your multiple videos. No, I am not self diagnosing. I noticed those signs long before but I was having hard time accepting that I am not well. But after watching your video and my further research, I couldn't make any excuses anymore. I konw there is something -perhaps not c-ptsd but something. I don't even have any reason to feel this way but I still do; it is honestly so confusing and exhausting sometimes. Right now, I am just trying to find out what it is and what really caused it.
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Kiwi-ir6zs
I just find it so interesting how everyone has their own struggles and stories. Some may seem to be worse than others, but that doesn't make it less important. Trauma makes us who we are, we can grow from it at times, and other times it can leave us in a pit of sadness and want. but yet not knowing what we want. Yall have a story, none of them should or shouldn't be heard or unheard, we all matter, and never feel less if someone went through more pain and thinks your a big baby or an attention seeker, everyone has a story. Stories are meant to be told not hidden.
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I just find it so interesting how everyone has their own struggles and stories. Some may seem to be worse than others, but that doesn't make it less important. Trauma makes us who we are, we can grow from it at times, and other times it can leave us in a pit of sadness and want. but yet not knowing what we want. Yall have a story, none of them should or shouldn't be heard or unheard, we all matter, and never feel less if someone went through more pain and thinks your a big baby or an attention seeker, everyone has a story. Stories are meant to be told not hidden.
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GhostOfMrPickles
having c-ptsd means things can come from seemingly nowhere, causing panic attacks, overreactions or other behaviors that i'm slowly learning to deal with. decades of not knowing what was wrong was creating an even larger problem: wondering about my sanity. now that i have an idea of what's going on with me, i can work with it and recognize symptoms, and create strategies to work with it, along with medications that moderate my moods. it's much better now, but i still have a long way to go.
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having c-ptsd means things can come from seemingly nowhere, causing panic attacks, overreactions or other behaviors that i'm slowly learning to deal with. decades of not knowing what was wrong was creating an even larger problem: wondering about my sanity. now that i have an idea of what's going on with me, i can work with it and recognize symptoms, and create strategies to work with it, along with medications that moderate my moods. it's much better now, but i still have a long way to go.
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shadinz
Being a first responder, I've been diagnosed with multiple C-PTSDs, currently being treated for some of them. It's a rough road. but you eventually learn how to cope with it. Life ain't sunshine and rainbows, there is no cure from PTSDs, but with the right treatment and the right pills, you slowly learn to get back to normal.
So anyone there with it, there's always hope, but know that you'll live with these memories for the rest of your life anyway. there's no magic wand that makes you forget.
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Being a first responder, I've been diagnosed with multiple C-PTSDs, currently being treated for some of them. It's a rough road. but you eventually learn how to cope with it. Life ain't sunshine and rainbows, there is no cure from PTSDs, but with the right treatment and the right pills, you slowly learn to get back to normal.
So anyone there with it, there's always hope, but know that you'll live with these memories for the rest of your life anyway. there's no magic wand that makes you forget.
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jessieh9127
C PTSD
1. Physical Symptoms
2. Feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness
3. You feel isolated from others
4. Disruption in different parts of your life
5. Depression and anxiety
6. Overly suspicious of others
7. You appear unpredictable or emotional
8. You aren't much of a joiner
9. You always expect the worst
10. You have a hard time trusting others
11. You feel like no one understands you
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C PTSD
1. Physical Symptoms
2. Feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness
3. You feel isolated from others
4. Disruption in different parts of your life
5. Depression and anxiety
6. Overly suspicious of others
7. You appear unpredictable or emotional
8. You aren't much of a joiner
9. You always expect the worst
10. You have a hard time trusting others
11. You feel like no one understands you
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psych2go
Supporting a friend with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) requires active listening, validation of their feelings, and respecting their boundaries. Patience is key as recovery is a journey, and self-care is crucial for both you and your friend. By practicing empathy and understanding, while also prioritizing your own well-being, you can provide meaningful support throughout their healing process.
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Supporting a friend with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) requires active listening, validation of their feelings, and respecting their boundaries. Patience is key as recovery is a journey, and self-care is crucial for both you and your friend. By practicing empathy and understanding, while also prioritizing your own well-being, you can provide meaningful support throughout their healing process.
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BlackjackMain
I checked all the boxes, I believe I have regular ptsd, but is it possible to have both ptsd and cptsd I'll ask my therapist, but when it comes to symptoms related to truama, all of the above tends to be my trend. I'm healing and rewiring, but me and all the people I know were dealt a hell of a bad hand. I hope our generation breaks the cycle, I certainly will try to do My part.
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I checked all the boxes, I believe I have regular ptsd, but is it possible to have both ptsd and cptsd I'll ask my therapist, but when it comes to symptoms related to truama, all of the above tends to be my trend. I'm healing and rewiring, but me and all the people I know were dealt a hell of a bad hand. I hope our generation breaks the cycle, I certainly will try to do My part.
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user-vt6jm8hz3i
I honestly don’t know. Would a stroke out of nowhere at 29; being the healthiest you have been and being diagnosed with a clotting disorder immediately after and then being blindsided by your partner 2years later, cause C-ptsd
I have hyper vigilance for my own body now. Fairly bad depression but still doing what I have to do.
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I honestly don’t know. Would a stroke out of nowhere at 29; being the healthiest you have been and being diagnosed with a clotting disorder immediately after and then being blindsided by your partner 2years later, cause C-ptsd
I have hyper vigilance for my own body now. Fairly bad depression but still doing what I have to do.
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juliejackman2649
My daughter has had this for 7 years and has finally found someone who has what looks like and what we're really hoping is a cure. I won't put what the cure is since it can be different for everyone. But I write this to say if you have this keep going, keep searching for the health professionals that can give your type of help.
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My daughter has had this for 7 years and has finally found someone who has what looks like and what we're really hoping is a cure. I won't put what the cure is since it can be different for everyone. But I write this to say if you have this keep going, keep searching for the health professionals that can give your type of help.
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psych2go
I like that the psychiatric community came together and made a new little special category for them to further isolate and single out maladjusted people like me in society.
Also I would love the narrator to read me graphic romance novels while I sit with her and abuse substances while pondering my place in the universe.
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I like that the psychiatric community came together and made a new little special category for them to further isolate and single out maladjusted people like me in society.
Also I would love the narrator to read me graphic romance novels while I sit with her and abuse substances while pondering my place in the universe.
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TheSilnat
I love my husband and his family but lately it's so hard to recall nice memories from my past to share.
I came to the realization my memories are tinted with traumatic events. I was treated for depression but now that I'm older i can say that there's something deeper than that.
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I love my husband and his family but lately it's so hard to recall nice memories from my past to share.
I came to the realization my memories are tinted with traumatic events. I was treated for depression but now that I'm older i can say that there's something deeper than that.
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