Comments on: Emotional Dissociation and CPTSD https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:59:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: JT https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-32366 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:59:27 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-32366 In reply to RenW.

I love this and resonate with it. Very appreciative, thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Jamie https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-25793 Wed, 29 May 2024 14:55:47 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-25793 In reply to Alec Fraher.

This was fantastically written, swears & all. I rolled met eyes at 80MPH after reading the first comment. I am a pro at suppressing uncomfortable personal emotions…aka, stonewalling.
I feel like I’ve lost myself, & gone to a hardened place to survive.
I’ve also learned, that feelings buried alive do not die, they corrupt/pollute the soul.
Besides work, I’ve isolated myself because it’s peaceful/not full of static.
Problem is, I’ve created a life where I simply breathe…but not live.

]]> By: Elizabeth Woods https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-17511 Sat, 03 Dec 2022 16:15:51 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-17511 I can totally relate to this. Emotions are scary sometimes. I feel too much all the time. People call me up on it. I get given a curveball and act well “more” than people expect.

]]> By: Sophie https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-16213 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:40:25 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-16213 Wow! Thank you Jess, Hell yah! I totally relate!!!…it took me a long time to realize that CPTSD is at the core of my pain. By opening your heart, you finally give me HOPE. Now, I dont feel crazy or alone. Thank you so much and take good care, Sophie

]]> By: Kayla https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-15542 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:39:30 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-15542 In reply to Bret.

I’ve never been a cusser, but CPTSD is worth cussing about because of the hell it brings about. And I wholeheartedly agree that when your dissociated emotions come back, they hit you out of nowhere like a dang freight train.

Same thing happened to me, then I got blamed for “choosing” to react these ways. I had no f’ing (see what I did there? Lol) clue what the crap was going on with me or why.

]]> By: Jamy L Garcia https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-5357 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:10:50 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-5357 In reply to Sarah.

THIS! I can tell you how this helped me this morning. if you bury it, you carry it. Details different, but my sealed box of memory came “back” at retirement. motherfucker.

]]> By: Reba https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-3870 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:31:12 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-3870 In reply to Sarah.

I am so glad we are creating conversation around this subject. So much needed. Thank you!

]]> By: RenW https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-3091 Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:21:23 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-3091 “….until they all came back.” I can relate so well. It’s the grave I unknowingly dig and find myself waking up in. I dig so deep I can’t even claw my way out. That reaching for the light to making everything alright fighting the dissociative demon firmly digging into my ankle, pulling me back in. My body and mind in a constant tug of war between wanting help and truly not giving a flying fuck. That’s my secret struggle- The weakest “strong” girl that has it all together in a shitbag.

]]> By: Denise H https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-2955 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:51:26 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-2955 This!!! Is fucking amazing, honest, and insightful. I relate as if I experienced the same situations, only because I have. Not the same specific events but trauma upon trauma contributing to the disso-responses. I just made that word up. Nice!
Your writing is beautifully crafted. I would not change a thing, including the swear words. I just love the entire testimony. You did an excellent thing here. Keep writing! So glad you shared. Thank you.

]]> By: Alec Fraher https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/12/02/emotional-dissociation-and-cptsd/#comment-2853 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:57:20 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=234367#comment-2853 swearing(thank fuck) and me

I grew up swearing
to hide a stammer
a never ending stutter
was all
I was
and how
I felt I’d died
no words
to say
anything
at all
no disguise
for years and years
I’d cry
cry it all
away
in dark places
to hide
until it all
went away
away from this
away from that
and
towards a private nothingness
Fuck this
Fuck that
You fucking stupid, stupid Twat.
Swearing (thank fuck) and Me.

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