Hi everybody... It's nice to see an active forum for people like us. Hopefully it turns out to be helpful and a good place to turn to when nobody else in my life can truly understand what's going on.
I'm a 23 year old woman, found out I have c-ptsd in July. I'd recognized a number of symptoms in recent years as something being "wrong" with me, but never had any idea that those things could fit into a known diagnosis and be treated. After starting EMDR and regular talk therapy, I learned that other things I've done for as long as I can remember are also symptoms of c-ptsd; that was a little odd... to realize things I thought just made me me are actually not normal/healthy. Anyway, still working through my issues with a set of professionals and plan to be for quite some time, but it's nice to have a place to talk to others who are in the trenches alongside me.
A bit more specific about why I'm here... won't go into everything as that seems unnecessary and probably too much to handle right now, but basically from a really young age I was exposed to physical and emotional violence within my family, victimized by family members and family friends, and went down the stereotypical path of repeatedly making bad life choices due to the crap I grew up around (which led to re-traumatizing myself through multiple bad situations). My story is just kind of a conglomeration of abandonment issues, emotional torture, witnessing and experiencing extreme physical abuse, trafficking, gang life, and substance abuse. Not sure what else to put here for now, but I look forward to talking to you all.
I'm a 23 year old woman, found out I have c-ptsd in July. I'd recognized a number of symptoms in recent years as something being "wrong" with me, but never had any idea that those things could fit into a known diagnosis and be treated. After starting EMDR and regular talk therapy, I learned that other things I've done for as long as I can remember are also symptoms of c-ptsd; that was a little odd... to realize things I thought just made me me are actually not normal/healthy. Anyway, still working through my issues with a set of professionals and plan to be for quite some time, but it's nice to have a place to talk to others who are in the trenches alongside me.
A bit more specific about why I'm here... won't go into everything as that seems unnecessary and probably too much to handle right now, but basically from a really young age I was exposed to physical and emotional violence within my family, victimized by family members and family friends, and went down the stereotypical path of repeatedly making bad life choices due to the crap I grew up around (which led to re-traumatizing myself through multiple bad situations). My story is just kind of a conglomeration of abandonment issues, emotional torture, witnessing and experiencing extreme physical abuse, trafficking, gang life, and substance abuse. Not sure what else to put here for now, but I look forward to talking to you all.