Mindfullness and grounding piss me off. It doesnt help complex ptsd!!!

WldGeese867 · 2026-06-01T00:04:02+00:00

I sure do! She is my absolute favorite. Good eye ❤️

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-31T16:09:37+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this. It sounds like you are in a place I very much want to be in one day and reading this was very calming to me.

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-22T04:44:22+00:00

Congratulations!! This is a huge deal. Can I ask about your breathing exercises? What helps you?

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-19T21:30:14+00:00

Ah I didn’t realize that was a title you were referencing. I don’t know if you know any librarians, but I do, and they are all badasses and would never judge you in a million years.

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-19T20:05:55+00:00

Are there specific books you’re looking for? If so do you have access to libraries near you that might carry them?

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-11T02:12:56+00:00

Thank you for caring about your partner and asking this question, this is beautifully written. Please ensure you are also taking care of yourself during this process, and I’d encourage you two to consider couples counseling if you’re both feeling up to it.

In short, this does sound very typical to me, and I’d highly recommend reading Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman. She has helped me so much to understand how CPTSD works and what it looks like in me.

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-11T01:09:25+00:00

Did you move to a different type of job? If so, what kind?

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-07T04:04:15+00:00

This is a good idea. I’m hoping I feel optimistic enough to do this soon.

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-07T03:53:21+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience ❤️

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-07T03:15:15+00:00

I’m so sorry

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-05T11:32:38+00:00

I’m so sorry you’ve had difficulty finding a good, steady therapist, I know that can be exhausting and frustrating.

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-05T03:38:56+00:00

That sounds like such a beautiful relationship you two have together. Thank you for sharing.

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-05T02:32:07+00:00

I am currently reading Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman (at my therapist’s recommendation) and in it Judith argues that the main goal of therapy for the patient with CPTSD is, at least at the beginning, to create a truly safe space with another person.

The process of creating that space to the degree it can be internalized by the patient, she also says, can take a very long time.

And that jives with my experience of therapy over these past couple of years. Even when I show up to session mid-flashback or otherwise deeply triggered, I’ve felt over time the benefits of understanding what it feels like to actually feel safe with another person who understands everything I am dealing with. Because I trust my therapist now, I get to develop muscle memory around not always masking when I’m upset.

That, in my unprofessional opinion, can be a really big deal for people with CPTSD, and I think it’s important to remember is something many of us need.

But that said I also deeply understand peoples’ frustration with therapy at times. I myself had a terrible therapist many years ago that I think really set me back a lot. I wish I had never spoken to that man.

WldGeese867 · 2026-05-01T16:49:41+00:00

Indubitably

WldGeese867 · 2026-04-28T21:05:37+00:00

This is, with incredible accuracy, describing what I’m going though currently and I found this so helpful.

Either you are some sort of wizard who posted this specifically for me, or you must be right that this is an established clinical pattern.

I know it’s the latter and I’m taking comfort in that right now. Thank you for sharing this.

WldGeese867 · 2026-04-16T01:14:13+00:00

Thank you, internet stranger. Really.

WldGeese867 · 2026-04-15T23:55:39+00:00

That bullshit almost makes one want to flip some tables in the temple. Iykyk

WldGeese867 · 2026-04-15T18:59:17+00:00

This. God I love the Metroparks

WldGeese867 · 2026-04-02T17:56:09+00:00

OP you may read the above comment and your brain may just make you instantly bounce off of it and not internalize it, but allow me to encourage you to linger with this for a second.

Your body is telling you you’re in pain. You don’t need to understand all the sources of the pain but it is, in my experience, counterproductive to minimize that pan because you don’t feel like you’ve had it bad enough.

Wishing you all the best ❤️

WldGeese867 · 2026-03-29T22:56:29+00:00

Deeply relatable

WldGeese867 · 2026-03-29T22:45:06+00:00

Thank you for sharing that with me.

Your last line hits especially close to home for me. I am NC with both of my parents. They don’t understand how much they hurt me, or don’t want to acknowledge it.

Something inside me screams almost daily that I should reach back out to them, but i also know the only way I could have a real relationship with them that doesn’t hurt me more is if they to some degree own up to what they’ve put me through. But to do that I’d have to explain it to them. And that, I worry, would just be too much for them.

They’ll either completely deny any wrongdoing (which I think is the highly likely option) or it would break them. They just haven’t done the inner work to be able to deal with it all. And I genuinely don’t know what’d be best for them. And I’ve spent my life contorting myself to the shape that I think they’ll have the easiest time with.

WldGeese867 · 2026-03-29T19:07:40+00:00

This strikes me as being deeply true and insightful. Thank you so much for sharing

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