September is #CPTSD awareness month

A note on self harm
We who self harm, We are no different than those who seek relief from our past through alcohol or medication. Self-harm is a coping mechanism. Full stop.

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#CPTSD
Never forget.
You have phenomenal courage.
To venture out to find new shores is a courageous act in defiance of your past.

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September is #CPTSD awareness month
Seen
Yeup, I know that feeling.
That is the 'OMG someone noticed me' feeling.
Followed by 'Don't F* it up' on endless loop.

I hate my brain.
Sometimes I really hate my brain.

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September is #CPTSD awareness month -
Reflection -
In CPTSD there is the persona you show the world -
and there is the 'truth' that you hide.

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#CPTSD
When healing it is easy to seek another's embrace.
We crave it.
But what we need is to embrace ourselves.
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#CPTSD
A handful of Asus sounds good. But when those aces are adverse childhood events...
How many ACEs do you have?

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#CPTSD
Complex PTSD is a survival strategy designed to isolate. You've trained yourself to be invisible because you believe you are unworthy of love period to be alone is both your curse and your only safety. Breaking that barrier to ask for help takes enormous courage.
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September is #CPTSD awareness month.

One of the largest hurdles to clear in trying to treat CPTSD is admitting that you need - and that you are worthy - of help.

The mad keep secrets.
We hide our faces for shame.
We fight in silence.

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September is #CPTSD awareness month.
You clipped my wings and thought you had won . But you forgot I have claws.

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September is #CPTSD awareness month.
To all those who fight to just live -
I hope you know that doing the work, as hard as it is, as exhausting as it is, as much as it hurts sometimes is a form of self-love.
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#CPTSD
Some days there are just no words.
An 'emotional flashback' can be descrived as when emotions crash over us, and we are swept away, but we have no memory to tie them to. For folks with CPTSD that may be multiple events, sometimes entire childhoods.
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September is #CPTSD awareness month.

Often, people who suffer with CPTSD are not built around a central feeling of self-worth. That 'I' in individual.
We often have no 'I'.

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#CPTSD
In a few conversations I have had recently, I have really felt this over and over.
The 'normal' folks will never understand the way we see the world or operate.
And yet, they demand that we fit into theirs.
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Broken.
That is a word that people with #CPTSD often apply to themselves.
It comes with such a certainty of truth that folks who are neuro-normative frequently can't comprehend the depth of the wrongness we perceive in ourselves.
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September is Sexual Health Awareness Month. This month is all about promoting sexual health education, encouraging regular STI testing, and breaking stigmas around sexual wellness. Take a step for your sexual health; use condoms and get tested for STIs.

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September is #CPTSD awareness month

A note on self harm
We who self harm, We are no different than those who seek relief from our past through alcohol or medication. Self-harm is a coping mechanism. Full stop.

#noStigma #mentalHealth #SurvivorStrong

September is #CPTSD awareness month.
As someone commented on a previous post... "I'm already far too aware!"
Pardon me if things get a bit more mental around here this month.

Living in a permanent state of anxiety waiting for the next inevitable shoe to drop.
That is CPTSD.
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