Complex PTSD from childhood abuse/neglect

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Has anyone experienced this before? If so have you experienced successful treatment?

Thank you in advance x

I don't have experience of this, but didn't want to read and run. I hope someone can provide you with some insights.

Have you looked into having EMDR counselling. Apparently it can be really helpful. 💐

Thank you both . I have read about emdr and think I will give it a go.

Yep, me!

What a lucky group to be a part of. I have some resources that will likely help you.

Books

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kok
• Complex PTSD - from Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker
• Codependent No More by Melody Beattie (if, like me, you attract toxic relationships)
• True Refuge by Tara Brach
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson

Websites

• www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/
• www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/
• www.reddit.com/r/BPD/ I find CPTSD and BPD have a lot of similarities so you may find refuge here as well

Treatments

• EMDR
• Emotional Freedom Technique/Tapping (youtube videos out there to help you do this yourself
• Somatic Experiencing Therapy
• DBT for interrelational issues

Richard Grannon on YouTube has some interesting videos onComplex
Ptsd.
Ghostedwife has given some good resources.

Ive started trauma counselling for a year. Im not sure how fast I'm getting better.

Up for discussions though. Mine was mainly neglect but its only since having kids Ive realised just how bad it was and its come to hit me all over again .

I found toxic parents helpful an age ago.

I struggle to focus on books at the moment. I bought The Body Keeps the Score (im obese) but kind of agree with the general prinicple so havent read it 🤦‍♀️

Bloody Hell. Looked at one od those lists and I tick most for neglect, financial abuse, emotional and about half psychological.

I thought becsuse it wasnt premeditated/physical it wasnt "that bad." 😥

I've been seeing a trauma counsellor for nearly 3 years. I haven't really talked too much about details with her, but somehow I am in a much better place now then I was three years ago. It was having a dd of my own that seemed to set me into a bad path mentally. I'm still not "better" but I don't spend hours staring into space without noticing anymore. I have setbacks but I have learnt coping mechanisms from my counsellor and once I started to put those into practice they really did help.

We're limited to a year with this orgamisation, but its so much better than the 6-8 weeks on the nhs I kept going in and out of. Each week I panic whether it will be wasted or not.

Im so glad its helping Blue.

Sorry Op to highjack. Hope you are okay xx

Watching. Have asked similar question on here before but this thread has yielded more helpful replies. Have been going to a therapist who uses EMDR for over a year. It's good to use in combination with talking therapies. Also any sort of 'body work' that suits you or you feel comfortable with.
Complex cases are thought to shift as I'm sure you know by now.
Wishing you love and luck, and thanks to all who supplied resources

I’ve nothing to add yet but tagging in. I’m 6 sessions into therapy with a clinical psychologist and expecting a cPTSD diagnosis. Been fine for years but had a sudden massive deterioration after having DD 4 months ago.

Bloody hell. Been on a bit of a google rabbit warren.

Anyone seen the "graded care profile " it lists all sorts of categories for neglect and what it would look like.