Comments on: Self – Harming: When Living is Overwhelming https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/11/30/self-harming-when-living-is-overwhelming/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Thu, 21 Mar 2024 04:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Debra Locke https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/11/30/self-harming-when-living-is-overwhelming/#comment-24419 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 04:36:05 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=245306#comment-24419 In reply to sylvie rouhani.

I have bi lateral temporal lobe epilepsy

I have cPTSD

I have severe Religious Scrupulouslity because I believed my abuser, my father (now deceased 9 years) was God.

I have been self harming in a number of ways to “atone for my sin.”

]]> By: sylvie rouhani https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/11/30/self-harming-when-living-is-overwhelming/#comment-17559 Sat, 10 Dec 2022 22:53:16 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=245306#comment-17559 In reply to Lebora Spence.

Dear Lenora,

Thank you for your comment.
I am glad you find this article helpful.
Yes, creativity is also a big part of my own journey!

Take care,
Sylvie

]]> By: Lebora Spence https://cptsdfoundation.org/2022/11/30/self-harming-when-living-is-overwhelming/#comment-17531 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:51:52 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=245306#comment-17531 Thank you, Sylvie, for sharing part of yourself with us. Your experience resonates with me in terms of not being seen or heard or of any value. It was safe to be mute, and now at 62, the foggy zombie life I conditioned to live is breaking free, which started at 61. I am grateful even in times of profound rejection and self-loathing. I’m expressing through positive reinforcing activities like painting, and so glad to have opened this page!

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