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Hi everyone
I have extreme anger outbursts. Do you know effective ways to remedy this crucifying symptom.
Many thanks
Ishy

Does anyone have information or opinions about CPTSD and addiction.
I started drinking when i was 16 and I'm 58 now and still drinking. I am a functional alcoholic, but of course i would be a better person if i didn't drink at all. Over the years my drinking has affected all areas of my life including family/relationships, business/work and finances, not to forgot my health/weight. But still i continue regardless of the consequences. Apparently people with CPTSD are highly prone to  developing addiction.
It's so nice to be communicating with people who understand.
Ayisha

When i was diagnosed with CPTSD some three years ago, i had never heard of the disorder. Soon after i started hearing about PTSD quite often and then more often. It seems to be a popular diagnosis. I often wonder is some people with PTSD actually have CPTSD. And vice versa. If this is the case for some people then they wouldn't be receiving the correct therapy etc. As i suffered my trauma as a child and suffered it for six years, then my persona changed in its entirety... way back then. It changed forever. I was condemned to a life not my own! This reality requires a whole different psychiatric approach than that of someone who has suffered a  major car accident, for example.
Does anyone have any opinions on this subject.
In the meantime i wish you and your loved ones a beautiful christmas and a superb new year. x

Thank you for responding to my message a couple of weeks ago. You disagreed with my belief that CPTSD is incurable. I am only of this opinion because my psychiatrist has told me that it is incurable. He believes that with good therapy and medications great improvement can be achieved, but one never really recovers from CPTSD developed by childhood trauma.
Please let me know why you believe CPTSD is incurable.  Do you have evidence about this? If so, it would put things in a whole new perspective for me (and others).
Kind regards
Ayisha

I am new to Out of the Storm. I am hoping to share my experiences and opinions about CPTSD with other sufferers. I'm sure we could relate to each other's situations and perhaps share ideas about how to improve our day to day lives.
Below is one of a number of definitions that pertain to CPTSD.

C-PTSD is generally until now, known as a psychotic condition known to veterans of war, but thankfully more recent studies prove that this condition is prevalent in lay-persons who have also suffered an event or events that have transformed their persona, their person in its entirety. 
(Unknown source)
I was diagnosed with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), when I was 55 years old. Why I couldn't have just plain PTSD is beyond me, mine had to be the complex kind, the incurable kind. After I was diagnosed with C-PTSD (which I had never heard of before), I started researching about the condition. I was desperate for information and answers.

I was shocked; I was astonished to find that the information on the internet read like it had been written about me. I could see myself in every word on every page! My heart stopped beating; there was no blood in my veins, as the words exploded in my brain.

The meaning of the definition above sums up the effects of C-PTSD fo me. 'My person in its entirety has changed'. To me this means I am not the person I was supposed to be: I am not the person I was born to be. Well ****, that's just ******* great! So who's going to fix me? What type of cure does one seek out for this? Who is going to remedy all the havoc that has occurred over the years.  The lost family and damaged relationships that I have caused, and estrangements that we have all suffered throughout the time. What treatment is going to rid me of my addiction to alcohol. If my persona has been transformed, then what the **** is my real persona supposed to look like? Perhaps I would have been a better mother to my children? A better friend, a better partner. I have been robbed through my trauma as a child... my innocent soul was stolen! No wonder I had trouble relating to myself all my life! I was condemned to a life not my own!
Would anyone else like to share how they felt when they were first diagnosed?
Glad to be on board
Ayisha