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Please Introduce Yourself Here / A New Hope I Have
December 11, 2017, 07:24:51 AM
Hello there
It's Monday morning and I'm out of another weekend "Melange". Mondays are so much brighter for me.
I was shown Surviving and Thriving by Pete Walker by my counselor after experiencing what turned out to be an EF induced by a visit to my Father's house earlier this year. Things have been clicking into place ever since, I am constantly astonished how close to my experience the symptoms of CPTSD describe. Coming to terms with having "a condition" or a "disorder" have been tough. I only really have my counselor to talk to about it.
My CPTSD was caused by the trauma of childhood domestic abuse, childhood illness, alcoholism and bullying.
I am mostly in the throngs of self-soothing behaviours, eg food, alcohol, etc before I realise I am in an EF. I just know that the curtains have been drawn and i'm heavy, feeling small etc...I have been numbing out my whole life.
The hardest battle is with my inner critic. He is most persistent. It is hard to use thought stopping or positive alternative thoughts when I am feeling emotionally weak, small and fragile.
My work as a carer helps me...also the routine of living with my dog has been a life saver.
Well...on with the day.
I look forward to chatting to others
It's Monday morning and I'm out of another weekend "Melange". Mondays are so much brighter for me.
I was shown Surviving and Thriving by Pete Walker by my counselor after experiencing what turned out to be an EF induced by a visit to my Father's house earlier this year. Things have been clicking into place ever since, I am constantly astonished how close to my experience the symptoms of CPTSD describe. Coming to terms with having "a condition" or a "disorder" have been tough. I only really have my counselor to talk to about it.
My CPTSD was caused by the trauma of childhood domestic abuse, childhood illness, alcoholism and bullying.
I am mostly in the throngs of self-soothing behaviours, eg food, alcohol, etc before I realise I am in an EF. I just know that the curtains have been drawn and i'm heavy, feeling small etc...I have been numbing out my whole life.
The hardest battle is with my inner critic. He is most persistent. It is hard to use thought stopping or positive alternative thoughts when I am feeling emotionally weak, small and fragile.
My work as a carer helps me...also the routine of living with my dog has been a life saver.
Well...on with the day.
I look forward to chatting to others
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