Yeah, I've been dx'd with CPTSD. For me it was a relief to get a label and have something specific to work with. Now after years in therapy, I'm largely asymptomatic with the exception of things around the SA.

At first I didn't really feel comfortable with the label, because to me it didn't seem like my childhood was THAT Bad. I just thought that everyone went through x,y,z. It was only seeing the reaction of people when I'd tell select stories of my childhood and that they clearly considered them awful, that I began to realize that in fact I didn't have a normal childhood at all, whatever normal means.

Today I'm comfortable with the label, it's just one more thing for me to work on.

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