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Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
Part of the Traumatized Motherfuckers' Research Project: What you need to know about CPTSD, in bitesized summaries of our in-depth research efforts. Peer-reviewed research and irreverent dark humor meet trauma recovery, without the "bright sides." Let's talk about the complicated experience of rectifying a life built on trauma, relearning how to have relationships, and re-imagining your future... in micro chunks. (When you're ready, jump into the deep end, detailed below.)
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- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.10. The resources needed for brain recovery | AKA - mediums for new perspectives
Aiming for recovery, but finding that you never have the conditions to make progress? Let's talk about what it takes for a brain to heal. The basic mediums of…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.9. Loss of functionality | AKA - overcompensation, collapse, resisilence not resistence
A brain is busy with all those survival processes running in the background and the second-by-second management of triggers and symptoms. So what happens when…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.8. Internal battles | AKA - healing your disintegrated brain
Back to this self-limiting conversation... what happens when our "selves" are limited by incohesion? When we have inner wars over "the right thing," or…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.7. Self-limiting modes of existence | AKA - life halting programs and parts battles
You've decided to enact new behaviors to change your life... only to find you can't actually put them into practice. You stall out and revert to old programs…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.6. Default Mode Network (DMN) | AKA - memory throwbacks, bodily disconnection, and sub-sensory fear
So we all have a penchant for fear, it's a foundational aspect of PTSD. But what happens when our brain relay system is wonky due to those adaptations? Let's…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.5. Entrapment, defeat, suicidality, and relationships | AKA - it's not worth your whole life
We know, trauma brains create patterns that can stall us out and keep us stuck. This is especially true when talking "relationships" of all forms…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.4. Filial obligation and family re-immersion | AKA - the family system trap
The time comes for all of us; the family call to duty. And then what. We know it's going to trigger unwanted trauma reactions. But resisting often feels…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.3. “Perspective” | AKA - gaslighting, cognitive self-corruption, time distortions
Perspective; A word with many meanings, depending on who's speaking it. Namely, the bane of, "that's just ONE perspective." Let's talk about the real…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.2. Retraumatization, backslides, and non-linear progress | AKA - current cult.ural triggerings
Have you been struggling to make meaningful progress? Well, these global events don't help. Especially when they feel so... family-iar... to our trauma brains…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
2.1. “Not bad enough to be trauma” | AKA - the aftermath is what matters
Ever doubt that "it was significant enough to count as t-word"? Well, the key word is significance. Let's break this down simply and talk about what really…
- Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
Intro to Season Two
We're back! Let's wrap up a year of in-depth trauma research and community insights with a new season. Free holiday support Discord server…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.13. Recovery
Convinced you aren't individually damaged, doomed, or destitute yet? Sick. But that comfort doesn't do much good if your brain, behaviors, and life don't…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.12. Loss of "Self," Learned Helplessness, and Executive Functioning
Do you edit your daily activities to feel "acceptable," to the detriment of your own wants, needs, and goals? Can you see yourself clearly from the outside, on…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.11. Fawning, Anxious Attachment, and Enmeshment
What's the difference between "being a good person" and sacrificing your whole life to support others? In most of our families and social structures... there…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.10. Family of Origin & Yer Brain Programming
Here's a holiday release for ya. Merry whatever-you-do, and let's talk about families fuckin things up. Mental illness seems to run in families, do'nnit? Turns…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.9. The Trauma Trap: Avoidance, Rigidity, and Trauma-Bubbles
So, let's say your brain is on fire 24/7. Your body is doing the same. You're uncomfortable every moment, from the inside and out. You, very literally, are too…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.8. Losing Control of Your Brain: Triggers, Spirals, Addiction, Self-harm, Bad habits
What's the difference between your past high-functionality and current fears of "losing your fucking mind"? Bad information that was programmed into faulty…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.7. Anxiety, Obsession, and ADHD; The High Energy Hellscape
Time to talk about perhaps the largest post-traumatic complaint. It's time for Anxiety. (When isn't it?) Let's also chat about those highly related conditions…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.6. Depression, Shame, Rumination; The Low Energy Gang
You know the team well. They all travel together. One feeds into and strengthens the next. And getting away from them feels inescapable. It's a Traumatized…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.5. Life-Numbing Dissociation
Emotional numbing. Over-intellectualizing. Depersonalization. Derealization. Fragmented Personalities. Let's talk about all the ways that our brains try to…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.4. Actually-Effective Therapy
I know, therapy probably hasn’t been a walk in the park so far. If you’re here, you’re probably looking for more information, more help, or more reassurance…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.3b. Yer Life on CPTSD
Let's take an unexpected step back, and talk more about the EXPERIENCE of living with CPTSD, not just the brain processes that make it reality. With memory…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.3a. Yer Brain on CPTSD
Let's talk about everyone's favorite new buzzdiagnosis - Complex Trauma (CPTSD). What is it? Why is it so difficult to name? And what does it really do to your…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.2. What is Trauma? Brain Mechanism of PTSD
It's not so mysterious, actually. We’ve really made Trauma into a big word with a lot of negative connotation, qualification, and over-complication. I don’t…
Complex PTSD Recovery [Reports]: We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers1.1. Intro
So, how’s life been lately? But how has it really been? Having some variety of experiences that goes beyond your normal baseline standard depression, anxiety…