It’s Friday, October 4th 2024 7AM
I woke up at 3:03 AM this morning.
Yesterday there was a X9 class solar flare and usually when the sun is active, I don’t sleep that well. It’s interesting how the sun and moon energy output affects people. For me, it sort of makes me more mentally active and emotional. And because of that I tend to indulge in over-thinking which isn’t great for trying to relax/sleep.
Anyway, they don’t call it a lunatic for nothing..
The word “lunatic” comes from the Latin word lunaticus, which was used to describe diseases thought to be caused by the moon, such as epilepsy and madness. The earliest known use of the word “lunatic” was in the Middle English period, around 1300. The word has multiple origins, including borrowings from both French and Latin.
Since I woke up early I worked out and continued listening to a book on C-PTSD. The book is called “Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving” by Pete Walker. It’s eye opening and very clarifying to what I have been working to resolve for the past year.
I have been wanting a map for healing C-PTSD for awhile now and this is it.. it doesn’t just talk about C-PTSD but it gives clear cut tools and practices to incorporate in order to go from survival mindset to thriving.
C-PTSD is Complex PTSD.
What is C-PTSD? Complex post-traumatic stress disorder is a stress-related mental disorder generally occurring in response to complex traumas, i.e., commonly prolonged or repetitive exposures to a series of traumatic events, within which individuals perceive little or no chance to escape.
Part of the problem with C-PTSD is that when we are in flashbacks we often disassociate and revert to child versions of ourselves which was helpless, not loved, no safety and because of that we forget our power. We revert to that helpless state and it’s hard to recover.
With a Map, we can refer to it quickly and remember the healing journey, it’s tools, what we need to be focused on, etc. That’s a huge part for creating this website in the first place and the name of the website, REMEMBER.
It’s not just for C-PTSD but for many disorders. Often we forget our power, we forget what tools and practices we can go to, we revert to that powerless state which is the hurt inner child. It’s debilitating.
I’m taking some detailed notes and I will be sharing them as I learn them and placing all my tools and resources here as I go on my healing journey.
I have been on this healing journey for awhile now but now is the first time I actually have a map and I can clearly see what things I need to work on to complete my journey.
From my understanding there are some core areas of focus in healing C-PTSD. And for each area of focus I will break them down into manageable pieces and tools for myself and others.
- Physical Healing (somatic)
- somatic symptoms.
- Cognitive Healing
- altered attention and consciousness in memory,
- reexperiencing,
- hypervigilance,
- Emotional Healing
- emotional dysregulation,
- Spiritual Healing (sense of belonging)
- belief systems affected,
- Relational Healing (self, others, society)
- interpersonal instability,
- avoidance,
These are the core categories and under each category there are sub-categories.
I gave myself a grade on these areas of focus and two areas in which I need further work are somatic healing and relational healing, especially with improving my relationship with myself.
It’s exciting to know the core areas of focus and the sub-categories (which I will list on their dedicated pages), and what I need to focus on for improvement.
I’ll create dedicated pages for each of these core areas and list out their sub-categories, their tools, their practices and where a person can focus for improving these areas in order to fully heal.
Reddit has a C-PTSD community which is another great resource for those dealing with C-PTSD.
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) Symptoms include:
Quick Tools for Coping with C-PTSD
As I’m writing this, I realized I was doing these coping mechanisms months ago but I forgot why I was doing them and stopped. And since I stopped doing them C-PTSD symptoms have slowly returned. This is a good reminder for myself.. continue the somatic exercises such as deep breathing, grounding, body scan, yoga and journaling.
Well this is eye opening!
