Hello and so glad to find this community! Tie-in to blood sugar?

[steadybowl]

Hello there -

this is my first post to this board.  What a great resource - I am so happy to have found this place.

I have been healing for a long time without knowing what exactly I was healing from. I  finally found a great therapist about 2 years ago.  It's so great to have a name for my experience - complex PTSD.  It feels for the first time that this is something I have, something I am going through.  It's not actually ME. 

The term "emotional flashback" is another eye opener.  What a relief to know that I'm not intermittently crazy.  Instead I am going through experiences (emotional flashbacks) that are an understandable response to the type of childhood trauma I experienced.  Amazing.  I am so grateful.

Has anyone else experienced a nutritional component to their CPTSD?  If i don't watch my diet carefully, my blood sugar is not stable.  It's not dramatic enough to be diagnosed as hypoglycemia or diabetes, but there is definitely something physical going on.  For me, falling blood sugar is a trigger that causes emotional flashbacks.  After many years of trial and error, I  found out how to manage my food.  Then I was solid enough to do the therapy work. 

Looking forward to getting to know folks here. 

Take care,
steadybowl

[Dutch Uncle]

Hi Steadybowl  and welcome to Out of the Storm.

Congrats on finding a great therapist and a diagnosis that fits your experiences.

I do not have any dietary issues, but I know I have to keep a balanced diet, and to eat regularly throughout the day (instead of stuffing myself twice a day  ). I've always been a 'difficult eater' (as my abusive parents called it) and actually my appetite is a good indicator if I'm feeling well or not.

See you,
Dutch Uncle

[Kizzie]

Hi and a warm welcome Steadybowl 

It is such a relief to finally have a name for what you've been dealing with isn't it?!  And then to find out that (unfortunately) there are so many others who have CPTSD and that not only are you not crazy, but you're not alone. 

I never thought about low blood sugar triggering an EF but I can see that it might in that when your resources are low, the trauma could seep out or up to the surface more easily? Just a thought.

Anyway, glad you made your way here, and I hope you find the info and support you're looking for. 

[steadybowl]

Thanks so much to Kizzie and to Dutch Uncle for the warm welcomes and for all the work you do maintaining the board - I can see you do a lot here!!!

I look forward to getting to know you

[Kizzie]

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