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@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 28, 2026, 10:15 PM

We're in the last week of September #CPTSD awareness month.
Time to give us some props for how far we have come.
#noStigma #SurvivorStrong

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 28, 2026, 12:19 PM

#CPTSD
As children we were blown apart.
Now we seek to draw those parts together.

#MentalHealth #noStigma #SurvivorStrong

As children we were blown apart. Now we seek to draw those parts together.
Images of a dandelion with seed lifting from the puffball.

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 27, 2026, 3:02 PM

September is #CPTSD awareness month.

Complex PTSD is a challenge, not a sentence.
You've got this.

#MentalHealth #noStigma #SurvivorStrong

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 26, 2026, 9:01 PM

September is #CPTSD awareness month.

Say it with me - as many times as you need -
"I deserved better."
#noStigma #SurvivorStrong #mentalHealth

Say it with me:
I deserved so much better.

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 9:22 PM

Shattered is the word.

#shattered #CPTSD #PTSD #trauma #survivor #traumasurvivor #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong #healing #complexPTSD #complextrauma #narcissisticabuse

If you area trauma survivor and you feel like you've been shattered with no idea how to pick up the pieces that's so valid. Trauma can shatter our identity, our sense of self, and our core and it's so easy to get lost in the brokenness with no sense of self. If you feel this way it's so valid and it's not your fault.

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 25, 2026, 1:31 PM

#CPTSD
Some days it is just too loud in here.

#SurvivorStrong #noStigma #mentalhealth

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 25, 2026, 1:01 AM

September is #CPTSD awareness month.

Sometimes - It is what is not said that does the most damage.

#MentalHealth #noStigma #SurvivorStrong

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 5:32 PM

#CPTSD #PTSD #DisabilityJustice #disability #ableism #trauma #traumasurvivor #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong #mentalhealth

Trauma is rarely ever viewed and treated for the disability that it is, even by folks who are committed to Disability Justice. One outcome of this is that the ableism that we endure for being traumatized is rarely ever recognized as real ableism. The same attitudes that are often condemned when directed towards other disabled folks (such as pressuring them into being "cured" or shaming them for their access needs), are accepted as normal when directed towards trauma.

Candice Alaska

Ableism, in any form, is not a "lesser" form of oppression and discrimination. Ableism is dangerous and can be lethal. Ableism towards trauma can lead to isolation, further disablement, and it facilitates eugenics. People are forced to mask their trauma to avoid being ostracized from their communities and to maintain their relationships, and anyone who cannot mask (aka perform neuroconformity or appear non-disabled) is usually shamed and isolated, often becoming even more disabled and impoverished.

Candice Alaska

Considering that many severely traumatized people (the people who may be least able to mask) are also often impoverished, this isolation can be a life sentence. This isolation can also render abuse victims/survivors extremely vulnerable to revictimization. If we care about survivors, we cannot ostracise them for being traumatized, or make their inclusion in our communities contingent upon "healing" or their "overcoming" their disability. We have to learn to make space for trauma now.

Candice Alaska

We cannot demand that people appear non-disabled/non-traumatized in order to be part of our communities. A Disability Justice framework recognizes that disabled people have inherent worth just as we are, and that we belong in and deserve community. Where ableism stigmatizes and ostracises survivors and our needs, a Disability Justice framework helps to keep survivors in community, and recognizes us as inherently whole, whether or not we can ever achieve "healing." Survivor liberation requires Disability Justice.

Candice Alaska

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 10:50 AM

#suicideprevention #abuse #abusesurvivor #CPTSD #survivor #survivorstrong #mentalhealth

Suicide Prevention is not shaming people who are victims of abuse

@vanessamayisautistic

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 23, 2026, 11:01 PM

Crossing the #writing and #mentalhealth streams again.

September is #CPTSD awareness month. As if any of us need to be more aware.
#MentalHealth #noStigma #SurvivorStrong

My Voices.

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 5:07 PM

I'm on the other side of hopelessness. I had a concrete plan in May. Instead of going through with it, I reached out for help one last time, and someone caught my hand. I'm glad I stayed.

#hope #pleasestay #depression #CPTSD #mentalhealth #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong
#suicideprevention

Someone would notice.
Someone would care.
Someone would miss you.
Someone would grieve.

The world is better with you here.

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 12:03 PM

I thought I could. I know better now.

#narcissist #narcissisticabuse #narcissisticcult #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong #mentalhealth #CPTSD #healing #recovery

You cannot love someone into developing a conscience. You cannot be loyal enough to heal dishonesty. You cannot grow beautiful enough, patient enough, useful enough, forgiving enough to make another person choose to respect you.

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 2:13 AM

Never again.

#narcissisticabuse #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong #survivor

I found myself apologizing
to the very hands that choked me,
asking if my neck was too rough,
if my dying breaths
were ruining their peace

- zaynsaye poetry

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 23, 2026, 1:00 AM

Forgive me - This is not my image, but it is one of the best representations of the difference between CPTSD and PTSD that I have seen.
Is it yours?

September is #CPTSD awareness month.
#MentalHealth #noStigma #SurvivorStrong

A graphic representation of PTSD v. CPTSD

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 2:35 PM

A Facebook friend reached out for #CPTSD resources. I gave her all I know (it's limited) and my therapist's name. I will never be controlled by a narcissist again and I will help as many others as I can on my way to freedom.

#healing #recovery #survivor #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong #mentalhealth

Some people will be dancing in the flames of their pain and still send sparks out to light the way for others. - unknown

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 21, 2026, 10:02 PM

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

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 20, 2026, 3:01 PM

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

#MentalHealth #noStigma #SurvivorStrong

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 12:49 AM

#CPTSD #recovery #healing #CPTSDAwareness #mentalhealth #hope #survivor #survivorstrong #abusesurvivor

Keep recovering out loud so the person suffering in silence knows there's an exit door.

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 9:59 PM

#suicideprevention #survivorstrong #survivor #abusesurvivor

Believing survivors is suicide prevention

@thinkingtooloud.org Sep 19, 2026, 9:01 PM

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.

#noStigma #mentalHealth #survivorStrong

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.