Me too complex PTSD is my primary diagnosis I was a 3rd generation 1950's born in so my trauma is deep.
Criteria for Adult C-PTSD
The six symptoms suggested are:
- Restricted or constricted impulses and exhibited behaviors which include facial expressions and vocal inflection expressing emotions. There may be problems with regulating emotions including chronic sadness, suicidal ideation and hidden or explosive anger.
- Variations in consciousness, such as repressing, suppressing or reliving traumatic events or dissociation, detachment from mental or physical processes
- Alterations in self-perception including feelings of helplessness, shame, guilt and/or being different from others
- Differences in relationships with others which can be isolating, looking for a rescuer and/or mistrust. People with C-PTSD may view the perpetrator as all powerful or be obsessed with the relationship which may be accompanied by thoughts of revenge.
- Somatization, a subconscious process in which psychological distress is expressed as physical symptoms (teeth grinding). One of the most common examples is a tension headache when stress is manifested physically.
- Changes in systems of meaning which can be felt as a loss of faith, despair and/or hopelessness.