Borderline Personality Disorder or CPTSD

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I heard about CPTSD about 6 months ago. Please remember that not only physical abuse in childhood causes CPTSD - emotional abuse does too...

Since it needs to be said: C-PTSD doesn't have to involve violence, or at the very least doesn't have to revolve around just violence. You can get C-PTSD from extended periods of trust violation, vicious name-calling, undue discipline, unusual discipline, social isolation, little to no emotional support or teaching... The reason most C-PTSD cases are kids is because of just how vulnerable they are to abuse and neglect, including some forms of abuse or neglect that the ignorant or uneducated wouldn't consider abuse or neglect. This stigma around kids being 'stupid' is very damaging and leads to psychological harm. Not all trauma is visible. Just because you don't see bruises doesn't mean everything's fine. Kids have emotional intelligence, and it's time they were treated like it.

CPTSD: I'm not good enough, I'm terrified of being abused again, relationships are threats. BPD: I'm terrified of abandonment and will sabotage relationships to avoid it. But there is tremendous overlap.

I was diagnosed with cptsd since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting cptsd. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

I really dislike this camera angle. It lacks the personal warmth and comfort of the closer up angles.

I was misdiagnosed as BPD because psychiatrists here do not recognise CPTSD as a disorder. It had a hugely detrimental effect on my treatment and I’ve experienced stigma ever since. If I’m in crisis, they refuse to help because they assume I’m doing it for attention: bad for me, and bad for people actually suffering from BPD. I wish the rest of the mental health field would catch up with psychology/psychologists.

My oldest daughter has C-PTSD from long-term bullying in school. We thought she was schizophrenic because she was hearing voices. Turns out it was auditory flashbacks. It's been really hard to get proper help for her.

the "lack of abandonment fear" only applies if your trauma doesn't come specifically from repeated abandonment. Anyone who has had family scapegoating abuse is at risk of abandonment issues

Please remember: child abuse can also come in the context of emotional abuse. It doesn't always have to be really clear and directed towards the child, often times it is a stuble state which goes on for a long period of time. It's as valid as other kinds of abuse connected to CPTSD. Even though, compared to child trafficking and such, it doesn't sound as horrible, but still it's as valid as all other forms of abuse.

im LOVING the random dog sleeping in the videos now. More of him please.

I'm reading "Compelx PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving" by Pete Walker and just even the first two chapters have blown my mind. I can't recommend this book enough it's already so helpful.

Dang, that dog having the chillest time of its life while hooman talking about deep psychological concepts and traumas

I was diagnosed with CPTSD a few years ago as a result of sustained abuse in my teens. I did weekly EMDR therapy for about a year and it honestly saved my life. I was 35 years old and my therapist said "this is a safe space" during our first session. I immediately started crying because I realized I had never felt safe anywhere, for well over 20 years. EMDR helped me realize that my "safe space" as a child was my grandparents' house. For anyone watching, you are not alone. You are not crazy. Please reach out for help.

Persons with C-PTSD do have suicidal tendencies.

Anxiety? I’m sitting in the bath right now with a candle... no danger in sight... yet I’m feeling like I’m coming out of my skin. Yes I’ve been diagnosed with cptsd.

It's very important to note that CPTSD is an outcome of any of a child's needs being unmet for a long period while the brain is developing. It is neurological and physiological, not just psychological, at root. Yes, this can include scenarios like physical violence. But it can also happen when children are emotionally abused or neglected. They could be very subtly but constantly undermined and their selfhood denied for years, as happens fairly often to children of borderline parents. Indeed this may account for a greater proportion of cases than physical and sexual abuse. Another important thing to add is that the reason some people get PTSD from war, for example, while others in the same situations do not, is increasingly shown to be linked with childhood experiences and how the brain processes these more transient violent experiences as a result.

It's worrying that so many people are misdiagnosed. The fact the so many people have cptsd is alarming as it means so many children continue to let down by society x

I’m so glad to finally hear about cptsd talking about domestic violence and childhood abuse.

I heard about C-PTSD in 2005/2006 when I was diagnosed with it. I've worked really hard to overcome a lot of my symptoms. Most days I'm highly functional now. So there is hope if you're reading this 🥰