childhood trauma — Life with PTSD — Refracting Hope

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PTSD head.jpg — Life with PTSD

My life is spent dodging shrapnel in an invisible war that never ends. My head too full, I chaos between chaoses, ever hyper-alert in a sometimes charming and ‘together’ (but often not) type way. This is my day-to-day life with complex PTSD with all it’s interesting bits, and it’s challenges. My ordinary.

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Posts tagged childhood trauma

Masks - Not innocent fabric

Masks - Not innocent fabric

Mask wearing during COVID-19: Some tips for people with a history of trauma

Hope Gordon10 September 2020covid-19, coronavirus, masks covid, mask PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, hope gordon, pandemic, covid PTSD, ptsd flashbacks, PTSD challenges, impact of abuse, child abuse masks, childhood trauma

Flashbacks - What are they like?

Flashbacks - What are they like?

This is what it feels like when I have a flashback

Hope Gordon3 April 2020flashbacks, child abuse, childhood trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, hope gordon, ptsd flashbacks, PTSD challenges, ptsd hypervigilence, PTSD hyperalert, PTSD coping

Abuse cycles - Child to adult

Abuse cycles - Child to adult

It is easy for abused children to fall into toxic adult relationships. Without even realising it.

Hope Gordon1 April 2020abuse cycles, PTSD relationship, childhood trauma, hope gordon, domestic violence

Dissociation

Dissociation

Dissociation, in a nutshell

Hope Gordon16 March 2020dissociation ptsd, dissociation, post traumatic stress disorder, childhood trauma, child abuse, hope gordon, abuse coping mechanism, impact of abuse