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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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Till23Senior Contributor
Thanks @Dimity
I’m sorry you were separated from your cat. Sounds like he’s been a good companion for you.
Also sorry to hear you’ve been in hospital. I hope you are ok now.
I hope my dog’s passing doesn’t trigger me too much. Because it will be a long time, since I’ve had no dogs in the house.
I shall try and make my dog’s last days as comfortable and fun as I can.
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avant-gardeSenior Contributor
@Till23
When I first got out I had a number of funerals... not for people, but for the childhood I never had.
On my birthday
Christmas
Easter
Graduations
Some people found it weird that I had a funeral for my birthday, I wanted to grieve my birthday, but it helped so so much, to take time to grieve the events that were never appropriately celebrated
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Till23Senior Contributor
Yes @avant-garde I am going to ask my psychologist to help me grieve for these things. She helped with my Dad and was good with that.
I think if I can grieve for these things I think it will help me move forward in recovery.
How are you going with your grieving processes @avant-garde ? It seems you found it helpful?
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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
Thanks @TAB Sorry Im not able to feel.
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avant-gardeSenior Contributor
@Till23 sorry! I thought I replied to this!
I think everyone grieves in their own way and it's about finding how you honour them in the life you live now.
I know funerals helped in the beginning but concreting in my head that it was wrong and needed to be felt, where how I grieve for my little ones is completely different to grieving for my childhood. Does that make sense?
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Till23Senior Contributor
No problem @avant-garde
Yes I definitely understand that grieving is different for everyone and that there are different types of grief.
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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
@avant-garde
I just saw zour poem.
Thank-you for showing it. Its so beautiful and scary.
Like as soon as you wake up ....
🎈🎈🎈🎈❣️❣️❣️❣️
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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
"Thankyou for showing us a very beautiful part of you.
What you did with those 'funerals' – for your childhood, your birthdays, Christmases, Easters, and graduations – i sense that you felt the need to grieve those unfulfilled moments.
It sounds like you've found a way to process
Do you think, that you are grieving the past times that you may think about bringing new stuff in like
You are here,
you are an adult.
Am i on the right track ?
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PsyAJ_duck16Casual Contributor
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Hello and welcome @PsyAJ_duck16
How are you going today
Here for you if you like to chat
@Ru-bee , @Jynx , @PeppyPatti , @Till23 , @avant-garde
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