Comments on: CPTSD in the Workplace: Overwhelmed https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/11/02/cptsd-in-the-workplace-overwhelmed/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:10:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kristen https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/11/02/cptsd-in-the-workplace-overwhelmed/#comment-27290 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:10:51 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=245065#comment-27290 I think I’ll save this article to keep reflecting on. I seem to get so overwhelmed and I don’t really know why. I thought I got all the coping skills that I needed from therapy because I felt really healed… but I’m coming to terms with that I feel healed in relation to coming to terms with what happened but I have not changed the core beliefs I have about myself. I get overwhelmed with any instance that could show the world how little value I actually have. Which I know logically is rubbish, but it creates a lot of fear in the workplace. Even though I’m good at what I do and like my job.. I just don’t seem to know how to allow myself to be human. If a mistake is made or a deadline is unable to be reached, I make it so personal. I can not keep up with my own expectations and therefore am constantly a “failure”. I hope this changes in the future. It is exhausting and taking up so much space in my jar.

]]> By: Cyndi Bennett https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/11/02/cptsd-in-the-workplace-overwhelmed/#comment-23276 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:51:15 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=245065#comment-23276 In reply to Stacey.

Stacey, thank you so much for having the courage to reply to this article. It means a lot to me to know that something I’ve written has helped others to not feel so alone in the journey. I would like to invite you to join my FREE Resilient Career Academy Community, which is dedicated to trauma survivors who are working on overcoming the effects of trauma on their careers. Here is the link: https://rca.group.app/join_group/xhimgo3ME7LnzQvtPrS

]]> By: Stacey https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/11/02/cptsd-in-the-workplace-overwhelmed/#comment-23260 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:15:08 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=245065#comment-23260 This was really helpful, particularly the part where you explained about having all the necessary coping mechanisms but only have the ones that were available at the time during the moments of emotional flashbacks etc, I’ve never been able to verbalise that part of it before so thankyou. I’ve spent so many years and so much time learning so many different self help, understanding, coping mechanisms but they’re only useful sometime after the flashback etc and not really available to me at the time. And yes the embarrassment and general sadness that comes with feeling damaged is real no matter how many times you rationalise or add logic its lime a never ending circle of stuff.

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