Comments on: CPTSD in the Workplace: Emotional Safety https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/03/02/cptsd-in-the-workplace-emotional-safety/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Cyndi Bennett https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/03/02/cptsd-in-the-workplace-emotional-safety/#comment-51756 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:34:48 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=246494#comment-51756 In reply to Joyce.

Joyce, I am glad you found the article to be helpful for you in your healing journey. I’m glad that you felt understood to the point where you were comfortable coming out of isolation. You are not alone. I wish you the best in your healing journey.

]]> By: Joyce https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/03/02/cptsd-in-the-workplace-emotional-safety/#comment-51487 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:17:49 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=246494#comment-51487 Thank you and Bless you for answering the call to advocate and use your “Gifts” of so eloquently writing and posting the different perspectives and aspects of CPTSD. Please continue.

We are a chosen group of humans who end up being sculpted by amazing “superpowers” over the years of living in survival mode.

Hypervigilence evolves into seeing and recognizing the pain in others.

Your articles provide the gateway to be “understood” as well as supported by the “right” people — enabling us to try to step out of the isolation which we created for self-preservation.

From youth I was told I was too sensitive, I believed it. With information such as yours, it creates “hope” that I will be seen, heard and understood in lieu of “too sensitive, too intense,”etc., and surround myself with the “right” people (safe people) who are “willing” to research articles such as yours. With those people, I feel “safe” to step out.

]]> By: Elizabeth Woods https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/03/02/cptsd-in-the-workplace-emotional-safety/#comment-18171 Sat, 04 Mar 2023 20:09:00 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=246494#comment-18171 Hi Cyndi, Thank you for this post. It resonated with me because I had a massive emotional breakdown at work this week which has not happened in years. A colleague got angry with me (for no reason) and used one of my “trigger words”. I had no defence and couldn’t stop going down that spiral no matter how much I tried to get myself under control. Everything you wrote in your article are actions I have tried or used often. I have been successfully avoiding triggers and meltdowns for a long time but this time was different It lasted for hours and I had to reach for professional help to get back in control. One “kind word” later and reassurance from a trusted person, I felt better. Living with Complex PTSD is a rollercoaster. One minute you are feeling great and then… BAM! You are not so great. I understand why I reacted this way this week and am working on a new strategy plan.

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