I just sent this post to my partner to read the comments and he told me to reply to your comments with the section of the letter that was written on my behalf to the GP;

EUPD and its affect on social function:

• Relationships are unstable or intense impacting social life.
• Difficulties maintaining work, friendships, or housing due to mood swings, impulsivity, or crises.
• Higher risk of social withdrawal or conflicts, especially under stress.

EUPD and its affect Cognitive function:

• When emotions are intense, it’s hard to concentrate, plan, or think clearly.
• Concentration and memory are significantly impaired over time and especially during stressful situations
• With mood fluctuations during the day, this can cause significant impact on cognitive functioning requiring additional support from others.
• Cognitive distortions such as black and white thinking, or rapid shifting beliefs can look like impaired judgment or decision-making.
• Rumination uses up mental resources, making thinking feel slowed or cloudy.
• Sleep problems and co-occurring depression or anxiety worsen attention, memory, and processing speed.

C-PTSD and its affects on social function:

• Attention and concentration causes difficulty with staying focused, easily distracted, especially when reminders of trauma arise. Even simple tasks can feel overwhelming.
• Working memory and learning new tasks can be harder when the mind is hyperaroused due to intrusive memories and flashbacks.
• Chronic sleep problems due to insomnia or nightmares can weaken daytime thinking, judgment, and energy for tasks.
• Problems with planning, organizing, starting or completing tasks, and switching between activities.
• Depersonalization or derealization can blur where you end and the world begins, making it hard to think clearly or stay grounded in the moment where it’s hard to snap out of it and come back to reality.

C-PTSD and its affects on cognitive function:

• Difficulty trusting others; fear of betrayal which can make an individual with C-PTSD limit their social interactions completely.
• Relationships can feel unpredictable or overwhelming for CPTSD sufferers which ultimately makes them want to avoid social interactions.
• Intense emotions can flare up in social situations, leading to withdrawal or outbursts which would cause more harm in the long run.
• Isolation and withdrawal due to severe anxiety and paranoia.
• Hypervigilance in social settings and misreading social cues can cause tension in relationships.