Hi. I'm hoping I can connect with a weekly online support group for people dealing with Complex relational trauma. I have been aware of my status as an abuse survivor for 45 years, but when I left the U.S. in 2003 (with a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder, PTSD, and treatment resistant depression) the idea of complex trauma was mostly unacknowledged. Also, things like neurosomatic regulation/polyvagal theory and Internal Family Systems ("parts work") hadn't hit the mainstream. So imagine my surprise when in 2023 I made renewed efforts to find a therapist who understood my disability/medical and family-related trauma, only to stumble on the brave new world of Adverse childhood experience scores, EMDR and EFT tapping, and Enneagrams (still trying to work that one out). The good news is that the ACE scores and the disability justice movement are helping to show the link between abuse and disability, both when abuse causes disability, and when disability discrimination ends up being a form of abuse. The bad news is that I'm living in a second language (French) and my psychological issues are interfering witn my ability to talk in my first language; who knew talking requires practice? The other bad news is that the advocacy work I do provides abundant triggers, in the form of disability oppression.
Speaking of my disability (visual impairment), please don't use emojis, they are meaningless to me, and I don't know if my screen reader can interpret them on this bulletin board. Also, Please don't use ALL CAPS because I find that harder to read than upper and lowercase.
be well / portez-vous bien
-AH
Welcome to the forum, tigrlily!
Welcome tigrlily.
Quote from: tigrlily61 on June 11, 2025, 06:56:45 PMSpeaking of my disability (visual impairment), please don't use emojis, they are meaningless to me, and I don't know if my screen reader can interpret them on this bulletin board.
Welcome Tigrlily. I just wanted to mention that in order for members to know you do not want them to use emojis you will have to put this at the top of every post you make unfortunately.
I mentioned this elsewhere, but in terms of a weekly online support group, we have 2 on the go currently and you can PM Papa Coco to see if there is room in either one. I also mentioned that if there was enough interest (5-7 members) I would start a new group. Anyone who is interested can PM me - Kizzie.