((rainwind)), the feeling of weakness and helplessness is what takes place with PTSD and many people experience a deep inner shame with that challenge.

What can help is asking a therapist about the topic of challenge itself instead of just saying I was abused sexually, for example, just using that as an example. If you can talk about it as though you happened to come across someone struggling with that experience and wondered how common it is for example. That way you can listen to your therapist talk about it in an overall way which is going to give you an idea of how knowledgeable they are and their view of that challenge. Then, if you feel safe with what the therapists says, you can add in a "me too, that is how I felt" and then the therapist will know that was something you were challenged with. Now that may or may not be in your history, I was just using that as an example.

It isn't aways the details that matter either, what it really boils down to is having your boundaries disrespected. That is what is at the root of many complex PTSD patient's, them experiencing others disrespecting their boundaries and because they were so young, they did not know what to do about it.