Byz, you may be feeling that you should not have posted this information. But I am glad you did, I have read a lot about PTSD and the newer diagnosis of Complex PTSD.
But this information is very misleading and can really cause harm to a victim of PTSD who is not at all assuming anything. I can see that it may be possible to progress to a point with Complex PTSD where a victim can end up clouded and confused. And somehow because I am very familiar of how it really feels and how confusing it is, I can see how confusing it looks to those that are dealing with a person who has PTSD. These victims are in great fear that if they expose their realities they will not be validated, any therapy process that threatens validation would really cause harm to these victims and they do know it. So, many just suffer and wont talk about the truth. I am sure that there are some cases where the truth is too violent to express and a smaller distortion is what is often chosen to have a capacity to get from one day to the next.

Personally, I want to believe that this situation is not as bad as it is, if only that were true.
I would have to say that I have looked for other options, something I don't see, a way to deny a reality that I have not had time to really process because I am still trapped within it in may ways. I am frightened because I can actually feel how tired my brain is getting and I am experiencing things now that I cannot seem to control. I saw that Sunday when I simply could not push forward and go do my job. My brain would not push forward, it was very dizzy and not thinking straight. And I know that for some reason my brain doesn't want to keep looking at the trama, and all the details not very pleasant and the Realities that I see every day. Afraid? Yes, I am because I just want to let my brain rest, grieve and somehow recover. And I wonder how much damage this is doing that really worries me. I am sure trying very hard to not let that happen, I really am with all my heart.
Open Eyes