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JynxModerator
Hey folks!! This thread serves as a safe space for discussions around C-PTSD and childhood trauma, how it impacts us, and how we can cope and recover.
@Healandlove @Shaz51 help me kick things off? Who else would be keen on joining?
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Unknown userMember
Great idea @Jynx thanks for setting this up
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Captain24Senior Contributor
I’m keen but don’t know where to start. @Jynx
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JynxModerator
Of course @Former-Member always helps to have a safe space!!
@Captain24 no worries I gotchu - maybe some prompts?
Liiiike....
What are some of the things you wish more people understood about C-PTSD?
What coping tools have helped you, and which ones would you encourage other folks with this disgnosis to maybe steer clear from (and why)?
No rush or pressure to answer, they're just prompts for discussion, not questions from a psych intake 😝
@Healandlove @Shaz51
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
@Captain24 , @Former-Member , @dehaha
I think it is how we can help our partners every day and to understand and to help where we can
@Jynx , @Healandlove , @tyme , @Bly , @swift1
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
@Louie333 , @JAT , @RabbitFeb , @StanD
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Unknown userMember
@Shaz51 @Captain24 @Jynx Something I wish people understood is we don’t have a light switch in our brain that we can flick to stop the impact of things in our past
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Louie333Senior Contributor
I am keen @Jynx 😊
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JynxModerator
Totally @Former-Member it is so painful to be told to 'just get over it' hey.
Glad to have you here @Louie333 😁
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Captain24Senior Contributor
I wish people would understand that what happens in childhood can continue in adulthood. That it comes and goes and shows up in different ways. @Former-Member @Jynx
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JynxModerator
@Captain24 yes this this this!!
I hate the idea that we somehow are supposed to 'grow up' enough that we grow out of having needs. And especially when those needs went unmet during childhood - it's like, 'Oh you didn't receive enough unconditional love and support as a child? Well you should still just be completely able to function because your brain is older now.'
It's such BS. Our attachment needs don't just go away. We need the same things we needed as kids, and doubly so because of how long we've gone without. It truly is excrutiating it is to have those needs go unmet for so many years.
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