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		By: Diane		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[My son has C PTSD and also suffers from agoraphobia.  He has been unable to work for the last 2 years.  He is in therapy.  He lives with my husband and myself.  We financially take care of him and his son 100 percent.  I wasn’t sure if we could get some financial help for him? Didn’t know if that was possible and the necessary steps to do that? Thank you!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My son has C PTSD and also suffers from agoraphobia.  He has been unable to work for the last 2 years.  He is in therapy.  He lives with my husband and myself.  We financially take care of him and his son 100 percent.  I wasn’t sure if we could get some financial help for him? Didn’t know if that was possible and the necessary steps to do that? Thank you!</p>
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		By: Emily		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-3763&quot;&gt;Jennifer Berthot&lt;/a&gt;.

Look up quatum freedom healing, Melanie Tonia Evans. Its for narcissistic abuse recovery and its the only that&#039;s worked for me that I have tried so I think it&#039;s worth trying 100percent . She, in my opinion, is the best trauma expert. Just my opinion ...I am also 53. ????]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-3763">Jennifer Berthot</a>.</p>
<p>Look up quatum freedom healing, Melanie Tonia Evans. Its for narcissistic abuse recovery and its the only that&#8217;s worked for me that I have tried so I think it&#8217;s worth trying 100percent . She, in my opinion, is the best trauma expert. Just my opinion &#8230;I am also 53. ????</p>
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		By: Emily		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-19741&quot;&gt;Ann&lt;/a&gt;.

Hey, I can relate to every bit of everything I am hearing but,wait a minute cause we&#039;re satisfying each others peptide addiction right now keeping us hard wired to it.  

Where are the missing children that have been dehumanized????There is no better help for them than us and you all know it. They&#039;ll never ever be okay if don&#039;t help them damn it.  Im 53 and I have gone through this my entire life as I&#039;m sure I  am not alone which is unfortunate. I wouldn&#039;t wish it on anyone. But .....where are those kids? I can&#039;t sleep because it. We are their only hope don&#039;t you understand that? Don&#039;t you remember being outside of your  body floating above watching over yourself unable to get back in? It took me 5 long years to get back in my body.  
What do think is happening to those dehumanized babies and kids?
I think I am going to puke .... I am sorry. Love and light to everyone of you.  Please let me know about the children if you have any info. I am not going to be okay about it they need help soooo badly because I know they&#039;ve probably already disowned themselves and thats scary too. Pray for those kids please.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-19741">Ann</a>.</p>
<p>Hey, I can relate to every bit of everything I am hearing but,wait a minute cause we&#8217;re satisfying each others peptide addiction right now keeping us hard wired to it.  </p>
<p>Where are the missing children that have been dehumanized????There is no better help for them than us and you all know it. They&#8217;ll never ever be okay if don&#8217;t help them damn it.  Im 53 and I have gone through this my entire life as I&#8217;m sure I  am not alone which is unfortunate. I wouldn&#8217;t wish it on anyone. But &#8230;..where are those kids? I can&#8217;t sleep because it. We are their only hope don&#8217;t you understand that? Don&#8217;t you remember being outside of your  body floating above watching over yourself unable to get back in? It took me 5 long years to get back in my body.<br />
What do think is happening to those dehumanized babies and kids?<br />
I think I am going to puke &#8230;. I am sorry. Love and light to everyone of you.  Please let me know about the children if you have any info. I am not going to be okay about it they need help soooo badly because I know they&#8217;ve probably already disowned themselves and thats scary too. Pray for those kids please.</p>
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		By: Jessica Riddle		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Riddle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you Shirley! Truly!!]]></description>
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		By: Ann		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-3263&quot;&gt;Pita&lt;/a&gt;.

I am interested in more information on complex ptsd, please]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-3263">Pita</a>.</p>
<p>I am interested in more information on complex ptsd, please</p>
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		By: Sarah Horrocks		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Horrocks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-1812&quot;&gt;Stephen Baker&lt;/a&gt;.

I know this will sound strange and far fetched, but if you get rid of ALL the Plants in your diet, this will GREATLY improve your mental and physical health. If you eat only Food derived from animals, the inflammation in your brain which prolongs and exasperates your C-PTSD will go away, which will greatly decrease the symptoms. Don&#039;t believe me? YouTube Carnivore Diet and C-PTSD, Boarderline Personality Disorder, Depression...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-1812">Stephen Baker</a>.</p>
<p>I know this will sound strange and far fetched, but if you get rid of ALL the Plants in your diet, this will GREATLY improve your mental and physical health. If you eat only Food derived from animals, the inflammation in your brain which prolongs and exasperates your C-PTSD will go away, which will greatly decrease the symptoms. Don&#8217;t believe me? YouTube Carnivore Diet and C-PTSD, Boarderline Personality Disorder, Depression&#8230;</p>
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		By: Bill		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 22:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-2842&quot;&gt;Karl&lt;/a&gt;.

I always try to remember that my difficulties at time responding to stress, hyper responsiveness, vigilance in public places, to name a few, are not weakness for my part.  They are not the result of memories.  They are emotional manifestations of the physical changes that occured as a result of years of horror.  
While being diagnosed with MS 20+ years ago, immune mediated disorders are the door prize for a hyperactive thalamus, as it changes with trauma.  My personal belief is based on diagnostic imaging, and scientific literature regarding biological changes that may occur in the face of prolonged exposure to adverse childhood events.  My personal diagnostic imaging   identified changes in the hypopituitary axis, amygdala, and corpus collosum.  These are changes that occur in the face of sever prolonged trauma and chaos, they are not common in MS.  I believe that in order to survive, or have a shot at it, our bodies change in to a survival mode. Staying safe is critical, people are not safe.  I am not a social being, my concern was survival, because that was, and is, the way my body works.  In that light, there may be a bit of acceptance necessary, and forgiveness.  I wonder if a child discovered suffering from cptst shouldn&#039;t be a medical emergency.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-2842">Karl</a>.</p>
<p>I always try to remember that my difficulties at time responding to stress, hyper responsiveness, vigilance in public places, to name a few, are not weakness for my part.  They are not the result of memories.  They are emotional manifestations of the physical changes that occured as a result of years of horror.<br />
While being diagnosed with MS 20+ years ago, immune mediated disorders are the door prize for a hyperactive thalamus, as it changes with trauma.  My personal belief is based on diagnostic imaging, and scientific literature regarding biological changes that may occur in the face of prolonged exposure to adverse childhood events.  My personal diagnostic imaging   identified changes in the hypopituitary axis, amygdala, and corpus collosum.  These are changes that occur in the face of sever prolonged trauma and chaos, they are not common in MS.  I believe that in order to survive, or have a shot at it, our bodies change in to a survival mode. Staying safe is critical, people are not safe.  I am not a social being, my concern was survival, because that was, and is, the way my body works.  In that light, there may be a bit of acceptance necessary, and forgiveness.  I wonder if a child discovered suffering from cptst shouldn&#8217;t be a medical emergency.</p>
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		By: S		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[S]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-15951&quot;&gt;Em&lt;/a&gt;.

I have a lot of these symptoms and yet my childhood seemed relatively normal, on the surface at least. 

One thing that probably impacted me a lot though was the fact that my mom was depressed during her pregnancy with me as well as after my birth. I must have noticed her condition and her feelings of overwhelm and did not feel safe as a result, like she is not able to properly look after me and like I&#039;m just a burden to her, probably even questioning if I am guilty for her feeling this way. In addition to that my dad was barely present from age 1 to 3 or so.

Also, my own parents having suffered some more dramatic trauma (mom was emotionally and physically abused by her parents and lived in a war zone as a child and young teenager etc), they weren&#039;t able that well to attend to a child&#039;s needs, emotionally. More specifically,  my dad would react in an annoyed and uncaring way when I was upset about something and crying.
More and more I learnt to repress my feelings and keep it all to myself. 
I remember feeling alone and different from others and being overwhelmed by my own emotions from an early age on.
Others never really noticed anything and just called me a quiet but nice child. Dreamy.

I started developing more severe symptoms when I was 12. That&#039;s when I got crippling depression and insomnia, to the point where I wouldn&#039;t go to school anymore.
With 9 I was diagnosed with celiac disease, which also impacted me quite a bit, feeling outcasted in social situations, not being able to eat a lot of foods.

Now I am 27 y.o. And have spent the last years of my life recovering from everything. Especially the damage psychiatric medication has done to me and one quite traumatic Event.
I was put on SSRIs when I was only 12 and it seems this has thrown off my hormonal balance massively, as from that point on my symptoms would only increase even though I only took it for a few months.
I had severe fatigue throughout my teenage years and often just felt very lulled and as if in my own world, unable to properly connect and relate to my peers in a meaningful way.
I think this in itself has been kind of traumatic, like there was an interruption and disturbance in my development during these very formative years, that I have struggled to catch up on until now.

The past years I have done a lot of healing work through non conventional therapeutic methods mostly. Whilst this has helped me more than years of talk therapy and medication, I still don&#039;t really feel fully healed. 

I&#039;m grateful for resources such as this in order to put the puzzle pieces together and find out what might help me.

I think a lot of people would benefit from this information, since lot of people who do have CPTSD wouldn&#039;t know because it&#039;s not &#039;classical trauma&#039;. 
And since it&#039;s very rare to have fully present, aware and emotionally mature parents I think almost everyone might have mild to more severe forms of this...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-15951">Em</a>.</p>
<p>I have a lot of these symptoms and yet my childhood seemed relatively normal, on the surface at least. </p>
<p>One thing that probably impacted me a lot though was the fact that my mom was depressed during her pregnancy with me as well as after my birth. I must have noticed her condition and her feelings of overwhelm and did not feel safe as a result, like she is not able to properly look after me and like I&#8217;m just a burden to her, probably even questioning if I am guilty for her feeling this way. In addition to that my dad was barely present from age 1 to 3 or so.</p>
<p>Also, my own parents having suffered some more dramatic trauma (mom was emotionally and physically abused by her parents and lived in a war zone as a child and young teenager etc), they weren&#8217;t able that well to attend to a child&#8217;s needs, emotionally. More specifically,  my dad would react in an annoyed and uncaring way when I was upset about something and crying.<br />
More and more I learnt to repress my feelings and keep it all to myself.<br />
I remember feeling alone and different from others and being overwhelmed by my own emotions from an early age on.<br />
Others never really noticed anything and just called me a quiet but nice child. Dreamy.</p>
<p>I started developing more severe symptoms when I was 12. That&#8217;s when I got crippling depression and insomnia, to the point where I wouldn&#8217;t go to school anymore.<br />
With 9 I was diagnosed with celiac disease, which also impacted me quite a bit, feeling outcasted in social situations, not being able to eat a lot of foods.</p>
<p>Now I am 27 y.o. And have spent the last years of my life recovering from everything. Especially the damage psychiatric medication has done to me and one quite traumatic Event.<br />
I was put on SSRIs when I was only 12 and it seems this has thrown off my hormonal balance massively, as from that point on my symptoms would only increase even though I only took it for a few months.<br />
I had severe fatigue throughout my teenage years and often just felt very lulled and as if in my own world, unable to properly connect and relate to my peers in a meaningful way.<br />
I think this in itself has been kind of traumatic, like there was an interruption and disturbance in my development during these very formative years, that I have struggled to catch up on until now.</p>
<p>The past years I have done a lot of healing work through non conventional therapeutic methods mostly. Whilst this has helped me more than years of talk therapy and medication, I still don&#8217;t really feel fully healed. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m grateful for resources such as this in order to put the puzzle pieces together and find out what might help me.</p>
<p>I think a lot of people would benefit from this information, since lot of people who do have CPTSD wouldn&#8217;t know because it&#8217;s not &#8216;classical trauma&#8217;.<br />
And since it&#8217;s very rare to have fully present, aware and emotionally mature parents I think almost everyone might have mild to more severe forms of this&#8230;</p>
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		By: Shirley Davis		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shirley Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-17553&quot;&gt;Nancy Giral&lt;/a&gt;.

You can attend some of CPTSD Foundation&#039;s programs. We offer several. You can find a list on the drop-down menu on our homepage. If you cannot afford to pay, we have a scholarship program. https://cptsdfoundation.org/scholarship-application/ We would be honored to help you any way we can. Shirley]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/2019/09/30/a-closer-look-at-the-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/#comment-17553">Nancy Giral</a>.</p>
<p>You can attend some of CPTSD Foundation&#8217;s programs. We offer several. You can find a list on the drop-down menu on our homepage. If you cannot afford to pay, we have a scholarship program. <a href="https://cptsdfoundation.org/scholarship-application/" rel="ugc">https://cptsdfoundation.org/scholarship-application/</a> We would be honored to help you any way we can. Shirley</p>
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		By: Nancy Giral		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Giral]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2022 05:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WOW!
I&#039;ve been struggling with every single symptom that you&#039;ve described for my entire life, and I&#039;m now 64. I&#039;ve tried therapy and meds, but few results. 

I won&#039;t have medical insurance for another year and a half, but would like to start working on this somehow. Do you have any suggestions please?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW!<br />
I&#8217;ve been struggling with every single symptom that you&#8217;ve described for my entire life, and I&#8217;m now 64. I&#8217;ve tried therapy and meds, but few results. </p>
<p>I won&#8217;t have medical insurance for another year and a half, but would like to start working on this somehow. Do you have any suggestions please?</p>
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