You. Are. Enough. đź’ś
#CPTSD #complexPTSD #complextrauma #PTSD #trauma #recovery #healing #mentalhealth #traumasurvivor #complextraumasurvivor #abusesurvivor #healingjourney #survivorstrong
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@ellentift.bsky.socialApologies: When you’re owed one, when you’re asked for one you don’t owe, or when you genuinely need to apologize, this is a guide to not allowing CPTSD symptoms to derail conflict resolution.
#conflictresolution #relationship #cptsd #complextrauma #complexptsd
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@ellentift.bsky.socialWhy CPTSD Symptoms Make Conflict More Stressful - Audio Podcast 1 of 3
Does conflict feel catastrophic or dangerous? You didn’t get that way for no reason.
#cptsd #complextrauma #traumahealing #cptsdhealing #conflictresolution
@ellentift.bsky.socialRest is an activity.
You're not "doing nothing." You're resting.
Make a note. đź“ť #CPTSD #ComplexTrauma #Burnout #SelfCompassion #NervousSystem
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@emmanueljohn.bsky.socialAfter 3 1/2 years writing the book and staring at my wounds throughout most of COVID, I'm happy to say that the dreams of that little boy broken by abuse and neglect, who wanted to become a therapist and hel
#neglected #neglect #neglecteddamagedgraced #abused #ComplexTrauma #freeatlast
@ellentift.bsky.social@gardenlobster.bsky.socialShattered is the word.
#shattered #CPTSD #PTSD #trauma #survivor #traumasurvivor #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong #healing #complexPTSD #complextrauma #narcissisticabuse
@ellentift.bsky.socialOpen call for letters asking “am I overreacting?” For a brand new podcast by an author who writes about complex trauma, narcissistic abuse, and betrayal trauma. #amioverreacting #snarky #complextrauma #narcissisticabuserecovery #cptsdsurvivor OverreactingPod at Gmail dot com
@ellentift.bsky.socialMy guest blog post on the CPTSD Foundation website today is one of my most popular Substack posts. #cptsd #complextrauma #panicattack #anxietyhelp #stressmanagement
@ellentift.bsky.socialSomeone else’s forgiveness rarely resolves shame. Don’t get me wrong, guilt and shame are both unpleasant. But the work of shame is internal, and no external absolution fully tames it.
#complextrauma #cptsd #complexptsd #hardrelationships #couplestherapy
@emmanueljohn.bsky.socialThat is what happens when someone steals our personhood in exchange for sex. BUT IT'S JUST A GHOST FROM THE PAST It's a reflection of them not us. #traumahealing #abused #sexualabuse #complextrauma #complextraumarecovery #complextraumahealing
@ellentift.bsky.social@ellentift.bsky.socialTo take someone who’s chosen to care for you and intentionally decide to care less in order to gain power and control is the very mechanism of abuse.
#cptsd #complextrauma #narcissisticabuse #toxicrelationships #relationships
@ellentift.bsky.socialMany survivors know the pattern where the abusive person prods and pokes their target, and it’s the target’s reaction that is pointed at as the source of conflict.
#cptsd #conflictresolution #complexptsd #complextrauma #narcissisticabuse
@emmanueljohn.bsky.socialChildhood trauma is exactly like that. IYKYK, sadly.
One minute we're kids having a childhood then, GONE!!!
#ComplexTrauma #complexptsd
@ellentift.bsky.social“Will I outlive this pain?”
Complex trauma survivors may feel this every single day even if they don’t think it.
#betrayaltrauma #narcissisticabuse
#cptsd #complextrauma #complexptsd
@acamh.bsky.socialđź’ How do #mentalizing and a systemic approach help with #complextrauma in children?
Find out more FAQs on "Mentalising with complex clinical presentations in children and families: a systemic and trauma-informed approach" at https://bit.ly/4tXkOt7
@ellentift.bsky.socialGetting in touch with underlying needs may take patience—particularly for survivors who learned early that having needs was dangerous, inconvenient, or something to be ashamed of.
#cptsd #complextrauma #conflictresolution #complexptsd #emotionalabuse
@ellentift.bsky.socialCPTSD Survivors: it’s okay to scroll past the 9/11 content today. You can safeguard your emotional load, and that doesn’t mean you don’t care.
You’re allowed to set down burdens that don’t belong to you.
#cptsd #complextrauma #windowoftolerance #911remembrance #complexptsd #neverforget
