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Originally Posted by velcro003
ATAT: I’ve been thinking about you. Have you seen Info at all during this?
There are too many people to quote, but you all gave me a lot to think about. EM: I swear we are on a similar journey. I’ve related to so much you’ve talked about on here.
My T at the crisis center did say she thinks it is relational trauma. I also just read The Body Keeps The Score, and made myself write down any of the symptoms of trauma the book brought up. It is so conflicting, because I relate to so much of what he said, but all the examples in the book are so much “worse” than my experiences (that i can remember).
So much to think about!
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Hugs if wanted, velcro. If it helps, a lot of people minimise their trauma, especially because the word sounds so serious.
For example, a lot of people think emotional neglect is not serious because "I had food, shelter, I wasn't emotionally abused, I wasn't beaten or sexually abused..." but Pete Walker says not having a single caretaker whom you can turn in times of need or danger is "the core wound", especially as many dismiss it VS more obvious abuse.
He (and some others) is of the opinion that some individuals can suffer some active abuse without developing PTSD, if there is one caretaker who does not emotionally neglect them.
Pdf link, since his website doesn't have a page on it:
http://pete-walker.com/pdf/emotional...omplexPTSD.pdf