Individuals who suffer from PTSD will experience a change in their behavior because of their heightened emotions. They might react to things differently than they would have before. Activities they normally enjoy may not interest them anymore. The motivation to maintain relationships with close friends and family could be low. They’ll be overcome with many different debilitating emotions like fear and anxiety which will make it hard for them to get through even simple everyday tasks. Irrational, angry outbursts are very common. They may feel hopeless, numb, or bad about themselves or others. Thoughts of suicide can come and go. Deep feelings of guilt and shame are common, as well.
Emotional or affect regulation and modulation is believed to be the most important self-regulatory skill for CPTSD clients. Van der Kolk (1996), a leading trauma researcher, describes how trauma impacts...
Codependency is characterized by a person belonging to a dysfunctional, one-sided relationship where one person relies on the other for meeting nearly all of their emotional and self-esteem needs. It...
Trauma bonding is loyalty to a person who is destructive. While the idea of bonding tends to bring up connotations of something good and beneficial, trauma bonds are unhealthy. Usually...