r/CPTSD

189 words Should I not be a teacher? 136 words I feel like my CPTSD is holding my relationship and life back and it makes me feel like a total failure 219 words Ten years no contact but they're still trying to reach me. 158 words The man who killed my mom is dead 207 words Is this abuse? Or is it Normal? 242 words Hot take: we need to stop infantilizing abusers 319 words Any trans people here transition and become horrified as they begin to resemble an abusive parent? 141 words Does anyone else get (irrationally) jealous of "high-functioning" survivors and their "better" trauma responses? Or feel ashamed of your own trauma responses by comparison? 179 words I feel like people who haven't experienced truama sound so generic? 145 words Does anyone else feel invalidated by the phrase "everyone reacts differently to things"? 197 words Triggered by unwanted overshare 137 words Why are so many older men obsessed with teenage girls? 213 words I noticed I start feeling anxious/nervous when someone close to me gets frustrated or angry (even when it’s not because of me) 142 words I realised I made many faulty decisions because of my CPTSD 217 words Did anyone find love later in life? 285 words DAE realise that many "friendships" were mostly you people-pleasing, and others benefitting? 125 words what is wrong with me? 156 words To those of you that dealt with neglect, what are some habits that you still unconsciously do as an adult? 344 words Every resource on narcissistic abuse/childhood abuse talks about how it is obvious if the abuse is physical and goes on to mostly talk about emotional abuse and neglect 167 words I may have blocked her on socials but i can't block every email adress she keeps making so my mother is still trying to get me to change my mind about cutting her off and it's laughable.