SHE SAVED MY LIFE

[CleverGreenBee]

I urge anyone suffering from Childhood or complex CPTSD to check out Anna Runkle (The Crappy Childhood fairy) on You Tube. I have recently been diagnosed with both Childhood and Complex CPTSD at the Severe Anxiety and Depression at the age of 61. I've never felt I belonged, I felt lonely and isolated most of my life after a traumatic childhood. Then I came across Anna. After years of talking therapies that made me feel worse because talking about trauma can re-traumatise a person. Anna isn't a doctor or Psychiatrist. She's someone that grew up in poverty to alcoholic parents and tried everything to heal from her CPTSD. With nothing helping her she researched the brain science of disregulation and made her first blog years ago and now she has a massive community including Psychiatrists. I seriously didn't want to live anymore. I spent my days in bed deeply depressed. She recommends starting with a simple writing technique called the Daily Practice (its a free course) I swear after I tried it, I felt like I had emptied so many negative thoughts from my mind. I'm now up, washed and dressed every day and I embrace life now. My family are amazed at the change in me after 2 weeks. I'm still a work in progress but I've broken out of that despair and hopelessness I felt. She has saved my life.

@CleverGreenBee Hi yes, I discovered her podcast just a few weeks ago. I am a similar age to you and have been searching all my life for answers. And for me she answers every single one and she has helped me to understand why 30 years of on-off therapy haven’t ‘worked’. The journaling & meditating she suggests have helped me to feel so much lighter. I’ve just started listening to Trauma Rewired, which I feel goes deeper into the neuroscience.

I also discovered her a few weeks ago (wonder if she's recently done some self-promotion?). After coming across her on YouTube I watched quite a lot of her back collection of videos. She's talks really well and explains things clearly. But I find she doesn't offer onward steps. So I'd say she's good for helping understand why you are how you are and why you feel how you feel, but there's no follow on for what to do about it.

She wants us to do her courses (of course) although in various of her videos she suggests joining a Twelve Step group.

I dont know I've added this to your post @HoHoHoliday Yes! She gave me hope when I had lost all hope. I'm so glad you found her helpful too.💞 She deserves recognition. Can I also say that anyone diagnosed with ADHD to check out Mel Robbins on YT. She's another woman that figured out things out for herself, when nothing else worked. She's now written a couple of books and is theNo1 podcaster. She's brilliant 👏

@Aldergirl Yes she helps you start your healing when you have no hope. She does offer reasonably priced courses and one to one Zoom calls. I dont know how to do Zoom calls and didn't want to pay for courses in the States while I'm in the UK. But I was so grateful for her help that I explained that I didn't want to buy any courses but also didn't want to freeload off her, so I'd pre-order her book at £11. She was totally fine with that and told me I could still use any off her free courses. She's so authentic and wants to help people but obviously can't do it all for free. Thanks for that other channel you've suggested. I will give it a watch 💗