Is anyone else struggling with Complex PTSD?
Is anyone else struggling with this too? Its rlly damn hard especailly with people who dont get it maybe yall can relate or sum idk but just looking to find alike people so i can feel seen
@berrycheesecake90 I see you 💖 I struggle with cptsd too🙁 it is indeed very hard. Is there anything you wanted to talk about?? Here for you 💖 gives you a giant tiny hug 💗
🫂u too! Yeh just how sometimes close ones dont get the impact the trauma has on you and how it rlly affects everything :/
Dont rlly want to tell too much rn someone saying they get it is enough rn and thank u 💖
@berrycheesecake90 it's always harder to open up to loved ones, and yeah! To understand completely you need to have experienced theese things 💖 take your time opening up, and know we are here for you 💖 hugs you tightly 💖
Thank you so much 💖💖
do u know any listeners that have understood you or helped u with this? Maybe that could help me out been looking for a good listener here
@berrycheesecake90 I don't really do 1-1 chats. I find the rooms and the forums best for support💖💖
Ahh i see, well thank u for ur help anyways ! 💖
@Tinywhisper11 hello its been a while, i have a question if u can answer it thatd be great!
I invite you to tell me more about this.
And even if I wasn't to go through this.
I still see you, hear you and care about you for the person you are: Still reaching out and brave for taking your time in writing all of this.
Always.
Yasmine 🤍.
Well from all ive heard and felt myself, C-PTSD is repetitive traumatisation in a short period of time, affects how you think, see the world and yourself. Triggers are also there ofcourse and can really realky be retraumatising, everyone has different triggers, personally from what ive heard too speaking about the traumas does not work and can retraumatise you becus the whole problem is that youve been constantly traumatised yknow? There are solutions personally i use somatics to help , heard someone say NARM therapy helped? Idk my situation is a bit difficult as i am stuck in the sane place that traumatized me 😕
I invite you to tell me more about this.
And even if I wasn't to go through this.
I still see you, hear you and care about you for the person you are: Still reaching out and brave for taking your time in writing all of this.
Always.
Yasmine 🤍.
I’m struggling too!
Sorry we have to go thru this, sending hugs 💖
@berrycheesecake90
yeah… you’re definitely not alone 🤍
and honestly, thank you for saying this out loud.
living with complex PTSD is exhausting in ways that are really hard to explain—especially to people who haven’t lived it. on the outside, it can look like you’re “fine,” “high-functioning,” or “over it,” but inside it’s flashbacks, emotional overwhelm, hypervigilance, shutdowns, and constantly feeling like your nervous system is on fire.
what makes it even harder is dealing with people who don’t get it. the “just move on,” “that was years ago,” “but you seem okay” comments can feel so invalidating. like your pain is invisible unless it’s dramatic enough for others to understand.
i’ve been through a lot myself—prolonged trauma that shaped how i see the world, relationships, and even myself. it wasn’t one moment, it was layers over time, and that’s what people often don’t understand about CPTSD. it rewires you. it stays in the body.
but i also want to say this part, because it matters 🌱
trauma treatment has helped me more than i ever thought it could. learning skills, understanding my nervous system, having language for what’s happening to me—it didn’t erase what i went through, but it made living possible again. safer. lighter in moments. less lonely.
if you’re reading this and nodding along—if you feel unseen, misunderstood, or tired of carrying it quietly—you’re not broken, and you’re not weak. you’re surviving something very real.
you’re seen here.
you belong here.
and you don’t have to explain yourself to be valid 🖤
@LexListens2025 Thank you so much for this 🥹, i know sometimes it feels silly to feel like im the only one with it mainly cus i dont rlly see people outside this space with it nor do i know, but this forum post was rlly hard to make but once i did i felt instant relief and i dont rlly regret it i feel less alone and feel less like somethings up with me yknow? thank u!
@LexListens2025 do u still do 1 on 1 chats?
@berrycheesecake90
I do!
Can i message you??? I think it might be helpful to speak to a listener with a similar experience would feel less yknow lonely in it!
Yes it’s *** terrible
Yeah i hear u, hopefully we get thru this, recovery is possible even if the path is shaky.
Yes it’s *** terrible
