[MuddyBoots]

Noticed there’s no daily (or however frequently you prefer) check in thread here.

UNTIL NOW!!! 😎

[TheGal]

A friend has C-PTSD, but she's getting help for it. I have traits, myself, if I were to have a list in front of me.

[MuddyBoots]

Yeah, man, we don't have a list...
UNTIL NOW!

Six clusters of symptoms have been suggested for diagnosis of CPTSD:

• Alterations in regulation of affect and impulses
• Alterations in attention or consciousness
• Alterations in self-perception
• Alterations in relations with others
• Somatization
• Alterations in systems of meaning

Experiences in these areas may include:

• Changes in emotional regulation, including experiences such as persistent dysphoria, chronic suicidal preoccupation, self-injury, explosive or extremely inhibited anger (may alternate), and compulsive or extremely inhibited sexuality (may alternate).
• Variations in consciousness, such as amnesia or improved recall for traumatic events, episodes of dissociation, depersonalization/derealization, and reliving experiences (either in the form of intrusive PTSD symptoms or in ruminative preoccupation).
• Changes in self-perception, such as a sense of helplessness or paralysis of initiative, shame, guilt and self-blame, a sense of defilement or stigma, and a sense of being completely different from other human beings (may include a sense of specialness, utter aloneness, a belief that no other person can understand, or a feeling of nonhuman identity).
• Varied changes in perception of the perpetrators, such as a preoccupation with the relationship with a perpetrator (including a preoccupation with revenge), an unrealistic attribution of total power to a perpetrator (though the individual's assessment may be more realistic than the clinician's), idealization or paradoxical gratitude, a sense of a special or supernatural relationship with a perpetrator, and acceptance of a perpetrator's belief system or rationalizations.
• Alterations in relations with others, such as isolation and withdrawal, disruption in intimate relationships, a repeated search for a rescuer (may alternate with isolation and withdrawal), persistent distrust, and repeated failures of self-protection.
• Changes in systems of meaning, such as a loss of sustaining faith and a sense of hopelessness and despair.

Straight outta Wikipedia

[Fuzzybear]

[Fuzzybear]

There is no ****ing help for it (or anything) in this forest.

[TishaBuv]

Getting through it as there is no other way around it.

[Fuzzybear]

Triggers…..

[Blue_Bird]

I was just diagnosed with PTSD yesterday, so it's nice to have a check in thread, I know this is old but I'm reviving it in hopes that it becomes more active.

I've been dealing with a lot of dissociation lately but I started doing EMDR with my therapist recently and am hopeful that helps

[unaluna]

Thanks muddy. And thanks blue bird for picking it up.

[Blue_Bird]

I’m doing pretty good lately. I haven’t dissociated since Wednesday and today’s Saturday so that’s good. Wednesday was really really bad though. But am using DBT to try and manage my anxiety.

[MuddyBoots]

In a little confused as to my actual dx, because I loooked at my treatment plan closer and they put “rule out PTSD”. I’m fairly certain I have it though, and both the NP and MD at my usual hospital think I definitely have CPTSD. I don’t like talking about the PTSD symptoms outpatient too much because it feels different, and maybe the symptoms are more hidden when I’m one on one with my pdoc vs being watched 24/7 for days/weeks at a time over years?

Oh well. I’m in a new, better living environment now and my anxiety is so low compared to before.

[Blue_Bird]

Annnd here we go again. I’m dissociating