Help on how to recover from CPTSD

Post date: 2022-08-08 12:34:30

After years of trying to figure why I would at times have such a hard time functioning, my therapist has diagnosed me with CPTSD. I'm glad to have a diagnosis but I'm not sure where to start on my healing journey.

The symptoms for CPTSD fits me to a tee and I'm relieved that I found some sort of answer to all the strange symptoms that I've been having. Although I have frequent bouts of depression, I did not meet all of the diagnostic criterion for major depressive disorder such as being depressed for more than two weeks. Usually I would have suffer through two or three days of intense depressive moods, and then feel better. I figured out that it was because I was constantly being triggered and I subconsciously began to isolate myself to curtail some of these depressive episodes.
Growing up was very difficult, being the daughter of working class immigrants. I'm convinced that my parents definitely had some of their own trauma that they passed on to my sibling and I. I had very little emotional support from anyone and remember dealing with my own issues by myself.
The symptoms I am currently struggling with the most include: emotional flashbacks, constant isolation, anger and trust issues. I want to know how others have healed and which treatments have been the most successful. Currently I am in therapy but my therapist does not specialize in trauma informed therapy so I'm not sure if it's helping. I want to feel better. I'm sick of the triggers and the constant emotional rollercoaster and I just want OFF.

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