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Sep 22, 2008, 08:51 AM
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((( Sunny ))) Safe hugs to you.
I just gave someone a link to the explanation and criteria for Complex PTSD. Sounds a lot like what you're describing.
PTSD is short-term trauma, Complex is long-term.
I gave people close to me reading materials. Somehow seeing it in print makes it more tangible.
There is a tendency to blame the victim.
A person who has been abused repeatedly is sometimes mistaken as someone who has a "weak character."
Because of their chronic victimization, in the past, survivors have been misdiagnosed by mental-health providers as having Borderline, Dependent, or Masochistic Personality Disorder. When survivors are faulted for the symptoms they experience as a result of victimization, they are being unjustly blamed.
Researchers hope that a new diagnosis will prevent clinicians, the public, and those who suffer from trauma from mistakenly blaming survivors for their symptoms.
Here is the link. http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdo...plex_ptsd.html
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