Comments on: CPTSD – the Thief of Time https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Thu, 21 May 2026 12:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: World Tronix https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-54933 Thu, 21 May 2026 12:29:33 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-54933 Our Creator will restore the years the locusts have eaten.Love and hugs to all that walked this.

]]> By: Mari Stewart https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-43303 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:15:35 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-43303 In reply to Erik.

Hi Erik.
Please accept my apology for being so late with this reply.
Thank you for reading and commenting. I understand mourning those connections that we missed. I’ve done my fair share, and will likely do more. But I am so happy to see that you keep moving. It’s so easy to get ‘stuck’ in looking back.
You’ve got this.
Keep carrying that light forward. It’s wonderful to see.
Mari

]]> By: Erik https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-42297 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:46:22 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-42297 I am also in my 50s. My mother dies most of a year ago (father two years before) and all of a sudden, I could see what had happened in childhood: why I was such a freak and said such crazy things, why I could never be part of a group, why I have trouble at work in groups. Why marriage never worked well for me. It’s a hell of a time to start sorting through everything.

What I really miss is the relationships I could have had, the connection I didn’t get, the deep fear that kept me away from people. On the other hand, I have my talents, and my empathy is sky-high. I can relate to people in pain very well. I wouldn’t want to give that up.

]]> By: Mari Stewart https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-42292 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:31:47 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-42292 In reply to Bella.

Hi Bella –
Thank you for reading. And for the comment. Both are greatly appreciated.
I hope you go forward with peace.
Keep going.
You’ve got this.
:::Hugs::: respectfully offered

]]> By: Bella https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-42232 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:27:43 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-42232 I am 53 and reading this article in 2025. It speaks to how I feel about so much. Thank you for sharing yourself. The comments too are very supportive. I remember in my life now I have choice, I’m not controlled. I choose to love myself and listen to every wounded part of me. I can not get back my life – also spent adrift, suicidal, a living hell, but I can spend the time I have in connection with myself. I hope this will bring me some peace ♥️

]]> By: sage https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-34014 Thu, 15 May 2025 04:34:33 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-34014 In reply to Linda.

Yes! “Holes in the social resume”

]]> By: Mari Stewart https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-27684 Sat, 14 Sep 2024 14:23:19 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-27684 In reply to Alexandra.

Thank you for reading.

]]> By: Alexandra https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-27412 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:06:46 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-27412 In reply to IPM.

“This iThat is where my rage lives: In the feeling of being robbed of who I could have been, the time lost in my past, as well as the time I may lose in the future.#

This resonates with my entire being. How I wish there was something to do about it. But the reality is there’s not.
Thanks for this amazing description of what it’s like living with cptsd.

]]> By: Mari Stewart https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-26737 Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:25:46 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-26737 In reply to Amanda.

Hi Amanda,
Thank you for reading. I see you. And I know it isn’t easy. Keep going, because you’ve got this. :::Hugs::: respectfully offered.
Mari

]]> By: Amanda https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/06/11/cptsd-the-thief-of-time/#comment-26698 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 03:45:07 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=236793#comment-26698 Hello Mari,

I’m a 36 year old woman struggling deeply with CPTSD, in addition to a variety of physical health concerns, and reading this made me tear up. I feel so seen. It feels so often like the world ignores my pain and despair because it isn’t obvious or visible, but your article helped me feel seen, even for just a moment. So thank you for that.

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