Complex PTSD results from long-term abuse, childhood abuse, an accumulation of experiences which one is not mentally prepared to protect oneself from, a continued sense of powerlessness....
This is what I've been looking for. I wonder if psychiatry and the mental health system will ever catch on and actually help people. For now what constitutes "treatments" is retraumatizing and turns people chronic. But what do I know? I'm just a "mentally ill" person.
I hope Complex PTSD is “legitimatized” as a real injury / illness not just for child abuse, but for adult domestic and psychological, and emotional abuse. Most of the information I’ve found on C-PTSD relates to children. Those who have been in abusive relationships as adults experience, not just feelings of being trapped in abusive situations, but often it is a reality. The police can arrest someone for physical abuse, but not for being manipulative or degrading. You can not legally evict someone if you don’t own your home. Short of physical violence, there is no way to get the abuser to leave. So why doesn’t the victim leave? Often the abuser extends control through finances. It is difficult to leave a situation with no money, especially if there are children in the home. Abusers refuse to address issues by pretending there is no problem or saying “it’s all in your head” or “you’re just too sensitive.” This gaslighting combined with other forms of abuse cause sleeping issues, anxiety, and depression. This can make the victim seem unstable to friends and family while the abuser seems perfectly rational. If, by some miracle, the victim does find the courage to reach out for help, they may not be believed. If family doesn’t believe it’s abuse, why would a shelter? This can lead to a feelings of hopelessness - there is no escape. The victims of this kind of abuse are essentially hostages in their own homes. This type of trauma goes deeper than any one traumatic event. Trapped, powerless, degraded, manipulated, and isolated, a victim has to fight 24/7 for days, months, years to maintain any sense of self. It doesn’t happen in a distant war zone or an accident or crime scene. It happens where you live and work. Everything you do and every place you go is an emotional trigger long after the abuser is gone. Instead of gruesome images or sounds invading your thoughts, the act of doing laundry or walking into the grocery can trigger all those feelings of being powerless and alone. Complex trauma is imbedded over time and and becomes connected to multiple aspects of daily life and the victim’s sense of self. Untangling all of those mental and emotional connections is likely more complex than treating isolated traumatic events.
totally my life in arkansas since 2011. they have completely destroyed my home, property and life. absolute psychological and financial rape. I view these bastards as terriorist. Domestic terriorism!
I saw my mom die at the age of 9. It wasnt a peaceful way she went out. She went froma drug od. I'm still scared have flashbacks and nightmares from it.
Complex PTSD results from long-term abuse, childhood abuse, an accumulation of experiences which one is not mentally prepared to protect oneself from, a continued sense of powerlessness....
Extreme fear, horror, or helplessness. Yes, a feeling that sticks with you and is not getting resolved.
Yep, dehumanized, trapped. Yes.
This is what I've been looking for.
I wonder if psychiatry and the mental health system will ever catch on and actually help people. For now what constitutes "treatments" is retraumatizing and turns people chronic. But what do I know? I'm just a "mentally ill" person.
I hope Complex PTSD is “legitimatized” as a real injury / illness not just for child abuse, but for adult domestic and psychological, and emotional abuse. Most of the information I’ve found on C-PTSD relates to children. Those who have been in abusive relationships as adults experience, not just feelings of being trapped in abusive situations, but often it is a reality. The police can arrest someone for physical abuse, but not for being manipulative or degrading. You can not legally evict someone if you don’t own your home. Short of physical violence, there is no way to get the abuser to leave. So why doesn’t the victim leave? Often the abuser extends control through finances. It is difficult to leave a situation with no money, especially if there are children in the home. Abusers refuse to address issues by pretending there is no problem or saying “it’s all in your head” or “you’re just too sensitive.” This gaslighting combined with other forms of abuse cause sleeping issues, anxiety, and depression. This can make the victim seem unstable to friends and family while the abuser seems perfectly rational. If, by some miracle, the victim does find the courage to reach out for help, they may not be believed. If family doesn’t believe it’s abuse, why would a shelter? This can lead to a feelings of hopelessness - there is no escape. The victims of this kind of abuse are essentially hostages in their own homes.
This type of trauma goes deeper than any one traumatic event. Trapped, powerless, degraded, manipulated, and isolated, a victim has to fight 24/7 for days, months, years to maintain any sense of self. It doesn’t happen in a distant war zone or an accident or crime scene. It happens where you live and work. Everything you do and every place you go is an emotional trigger long after the abuser is gone. Instead of gruesome images or sounds invading your thoughts, the act of doing laundry or walking into the grocery can trigger all those feelings of being powerless and alone. Complex trauma is imbedded over time and and becomes connected to multiple aspects of daily life and the victim’s sense of self. Untangling all of those mental and emotional connections is likely more complex than treating isolated traumatic events.
B Everett i so totally agree with what you said for it has truly been a lifetime of one after the other .
totally my life in arkansas since 2011. they have completely destroyed my home, property and life. absolute psychological and financial rape. I view these bastards as terriorist. Domestic terriorism!
Perfectly stated!
It's all about the horror.
It doesn't have to be rape, either. That is technically "abuse". Mine wasn't technically abuse.
It's all about the horror.
If your being abused you can hide money a lil at a time to get out asap
My grandson had the police at our home and it triggered the abuse and the police in my home on numerous occasions
No exit.
Yes Non lethal event CAN and DO cause PTSD Just ask ME
I saw my mom die at the age of 9. It wasnt a peaceful way she went out. She went froma drug od. I'm still scared have flashbacks and nightmares from it.
I'm a UK soldier discharged with ptsd.
Yes yes
Yuuuuuup!
No exit. !!! Omg
there is no quality of life.
yep. trapped. no way out.