12 signs you might be suffering from C-PTSD:
https://www.brainline.org/article/dsm-5-criteria-ptsd
Criterion A:
stressor (one required)
The person was
exposed to: death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious
injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence, in the following
way(s):
- Direct exposure
- Witnessing the trauma
- Learning that a relative or close friend was exposed to a trauma
- Indirect exposure to aversive details of the trauma, usually in the course of professional duties (e.g., first responders, medics)
Criterion B:
intrusion symptoms (one
required)
The traumatic event is
persistently re-experienced in the following way(s):
- Unwanted upsetting memories
- Nightmares
- Flashbacks
- Emotional distress after exposure to traumatic reminders
- Physical reactivity after exposure to traumatic reminders
Criterion C: avoidance (one required)
Avoidance of trauma-related stimuli after the trauma, in the
following way(s):
- Trauma-related thoughts or feelings
- Trauma-related external reminders
Criterion D: negative alterations in cognitions
and mood (two required)
Negative
thoughts or feelings that began or worsened after the trauma, in
the following way(s):
- Inability to recall key features of the trauma
- Overly negative thoughts and assumptions about oneself or the world
- Exaggerated blame of self or others for causing the trauma
- Negative affect
- Decreased interest in activities
- Feeling isolated
- Difficulty experiencing positive affect
Criterion E: alterations in arousal and
reactivity
Trauma-related
arousal and reactivity that began or worsened after the trauma, in
the following way(s):
- Irritability or aggression
- Risky or destructive behavior
- Hypervigilance
- Heightened startle reaction
- Difficulty concentrating
- Difficulty sleeping
Criterion F: duration
(required)
Symptoms last for more than 1 month.
Criterion G: functional significance
(required)
Symptoms create
distress or functional impairment (e.g., social,
occupational).
Criterion
H: exclusion (required)
Symptoms are not due to medication, substance use, or other
illness.
Two specifications:
- Dissociative Specification In addition to meeting criteria for diagnosis, an individual experiences high levels of either of the following in reaction to trauma-related stimuli:
- Depersonalization. Experience of being an outside observer of or detached from oneself (e.g., feeling as if "this is not happening to me" or one were in a dream).
- Derealization. Experience of unreality, distance, or distortion (e.g., "things are not real").
- Delayed Specification. Full diagnostic criteria are not met until at least six months after the trauma(s), although onset of symptoms may occur immediately.
Dissociation test
- http://traumadissociation.com/des
The History of
PTSD (Click Here &
Here)
The concept of "resiliency"
explored.
Complex Trauma or
C-PTSD Explained:
C-PTSD/Complex Trauma
from early childhood:
Movies with characters who had PTSD
Midnight
Cowboy (1969)
Sleepers
(1996)
Donnie Darko
(2001)
Terminator 2:
Judgment Day (1991)
Open Range
(2003)
Deliverance
(1973)
High Planes
Drifter (1973)
Blindspotting (2018)
Harsh Times (2006)
Leave No Trace (2018)
Lean on Pete (2017)
Brothers (2015)
Mystic River (2003)
First Blood (1982)
Joe (2013)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Spotlight (2015)
The Machinist (2014)
Depression And Anxiety
Examples: guilt / self-blame, feeling lethargic, scared,
worried, trying to figure out the future, irritability, outbursts,
feeling not comfortable in your own skin, like you just don't feel
like you fit in - it feels like there's no place on earth for you
to fit in, unable to sleep - waking up in the middle of the night,
or in the morning feeling unrested, sensing panic, dread,
confusion, and, as though you have been unjustly mistreated by this
world and the people in it.
As I'm sure you know, anxiety in American seems to be
at epidemic levels. A colleague of mine (David Burton of New
Mexico) described it as "free floating anxiety", which is now
occurring in children as young as 5. Anxiety and depression can
often share the same symptoms; it just feels like your soul has
food poisoning. They are a form of suffering.
An uncertain existence is experienced by many, one where you must
fight just to keep bad things from happening - rather than working
to "get ahead". Instead of emotional nourishment, edification,
and fulfillment - it seems now more about emotional
survival. Something is evidently very broken within the
culture so please don't blame yourself!
This existence has recently been made exponentially more
challenging with the Covid-19 instant Judo flip societal
changes. Suddenly, we don't know what next week is going to
look like. I'm finding that whatever clients had before
Covid-19 with regards to mental health challenges, well, you can
now just double or triple those levels.
We have all lost any remaining sense of free agency. We are
now even less the author of our
destiny. Autonomy has been violently grabbed away from us like
a purse snatching in broad daylight. So, we wait to be told
what to do by members of institutions who regularly appear on the
internet and TV. It is my opinion that the removal of the very
core element of self-determination is stratospherically
unhealthy for the human psyche. Moreover, like the buoys
which splashed to the surface in the movie Jaws, past traumas are
now emerging into people's emotional life due to this extraordinary
social upheaval.
Moreover, identifying patterns and themes in your life which
lack a sense of dignity can be very
important. Internalizing the message that one is worthless and
defective can create a painful existence filled with a sense
invalidation. Tracking the true source of these negative
trends can lead to empowerment.
Financial factors trending for decades:
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