The point you made about people telling you not to think about negative experiences was a very important one. It's such a daft thing to say to someone. We can't control thoughts, especially really powerful ones. They can pop into our minds at any time, sometimes triggered but sometimes for no clear reason at all. In a way they are like unwelcome visitors who can turn up at any time of day or night and can bother you even in your dreams / nightmares - indeed that's often when they're at their most disturbing. As with so many issues in life there are no easy answers, perhaps the only things that help are getting more positive experiences if you can so the bad thoughts at least have some competition.
I find it hard when people define you by your trauma as well. Trauma shouldn't define you, to be told that makes you be stuck there forever and not see the point in surviving
Hi Dana 👋🏻 I get it. PTSD isn't really about how well you remember the traumatic event, it's about a singular/very few traumatic event(s) within a slim time frame. What happened to you, from childhood; your parent's, that family that USED your sensitivities to ghost hunt(?) despite your very understandable fear (and I'm willing to bet you got no justice for that either)(?) 😕. The bullying at school and then your abusive ex. And that's just what I remember from what you've shared on previous videos. That's CPTSD, without a shadow of a doubt. CPTSD, whether all the memories are clear as day, entirely suppressed (and therefore forgotten) or anywhere inbetween, CPTSD is just what happens to the brain after repeated traumatic events over a prolonged time frame. Your anger is extremely relatable. When I think back over my life I can pinpoint pretty significant trauma and abuse (and in some cases, very significant abuse) over my entire life. I get it. I always say that the strongest emotion I have is my love for animals, but my second strongest emotion is my anger. I know you explained that you're not usually an angry person, but recognising all the people that have done you wrong, especially over years of your life, with zero justice is, yeah. Infuriating. The anger is very real and very valid. I hope you had a wonderful day in the end and I'm sorry that you've also been hurt repeatedly by the absolute shitheads of this planet. Cuddle your lovely cattos for mee 😸
Going through all this and getting no justice when were more likely to have a strong sense of justice makes it more frustrating Thing is, this could be why many female autistics get mis diagnosed as BPD as they like to diagnose as BPD if you have trauma and feel strong emotions especially anger
The point you made about people telling you not to think about negative experiences was a very important one. It's such a daft thing to say to someone. We can't control thoughts, especially really powerful ones. They can pop into our minds at any time, sometimes triggered but sometimes for no clear reason at all. In a way they are like unwelcome visitors who can turn up at any time of day or night and can bother you even in your dreams / nightmares - indeed that's often when they're at their most disturbing. As with so many issues in life there are no easy answers, perhaps the only things that help are getting more positive experiences if you can so the bad thoughts at least have some competition.
I find it hard when people define you by your trauma as well. Trauma shouldn't define you, to be told that makes you be stuck there forever and not see the point in surviving
Hi Dana 👋🏻 I get it.
PTSD isn't really about how well you remember the traumatic event, it's about a singular/very few traumatic event(s) within a slim time frame.
What happened to you, from childhood; your parent's, that family that USED your sensitivities to ghost hunt(?) despite your very understandable fear (and I'm willing to bet you got no justice for that either)(?) 😕. The bullying at school and then your abusive ex. And that's just what I remember from what you've shared on previous videos.
That's CPTSD, without a shadow of a doubt.
CPTSD, whether all the memories are clear as day, entirely suppressed (and therefore forgotten) or anywhere inbetween, CPTSD is just what happens to the brain after repeated traumatic events over a prolonged time frame.
Your anger is extremely relatable. When I think back over my life I can pinpoint pretty significant trauma and abuse (and in some cases, very significant abuse) over my entire life. I get it.
I always say that the strongest emotion I have is my love for animals, but my second strongest emotion is my anger. I know you explained that you're not usually an angry person, but recognising all the people that have done you wrong, especially over years of your life, with zero justice is, yeah. Infuriating. The anger is very real and very valid.
I hope you had a wonderful day in the end and I'm sorry that you've also been hurt repeatedly by the absolute shitheads of this planet. Cuddle your lovely cattos for mee 😸
Going through all this and getting no justice when were more likely to have a strong sense of justice makes it more frustrating
Thing is, this could be why many female autistics get mis diagnosed as BPD as they like to diagnose as BPD if you have trauma and feel strong emotions especially anger
I am late to the comments but wow, thank you for posting this.
It's like complex ptsd if it's from repeated or multiple abuses... dang the powertrippers !
Can relate after 5 years of constant spitting kicking punching, etc at school. 42y/o now and it still prevents me from trusting people
Has TH-cam removed my comment I posted about an hour ago? I hate when that happens.