Jun 23, 2018 at 04:35 AM
I have had C-PTSD a life time. I am 51 now. It does not go away. Therapy helps with symptoms reduction and coping strategies. Recovery is relative to each individual. For me recovery looks like me not wanting to kill myself on a daily basis, not dissociating at every stressful thing, not isolating and avoiding all the time. I could list so much more.
Without therapy I would be dead. I was one of the lucky ones that found great therapist. My first one who did EMDR and IFS (a form of ego state therapy) was such a mess himself that he truly went above and beyond to help me.
c-PTSD is a matter of the heart not the brain so my new T keeps telling me although I feel trauma scars the brain.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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