The (Complex) PTSD Guy

Overthinking things, and taking time to be still. 16.03.2024 9:35 ↓

If you find yourself constantly trying to figure everything out, remind yourself to take time to be still.

Coincidences and patterns. 15.03.2024 8:32 ↓

I found my list explaining why and when these strange coincidences seem to happen. I find it interesting.

Coincidences or not? 15.03.2024 11:51 ↓

Some strange coincidences, I want to share.

The person constantly finding faults with what you say. 15.03.2024 8:49 ↓

When someone is constantly finding faults with what you say, it actually says more about them than you.

Actively using a positive coping skill. 15.03.2024 17:09 ↓

The impact of using a positive coping skill.

Impulsive behavior and feeling bored. 14.03.2024 9:46 ↓

How impulsive behavior can cause feelings of boredom when we aren't being impulsive.

Negative attention seeking in a relationship. 14.03.2024 14:16 ↓

When negative attention seeking in a relationship ruins it.

Getting control of the little things in life. 14.03.2024 12:26 ↓

How CPTSD can lead to sloppy spending, and how getting control starts with the little things.

3 daily triggers that we might not think of. 12.03.2024 16:47 ↓

How daily triggers might go unnoticed because we see them so often.

Why I think Holden Caulfield and Carrie Bradshaw might have CPTSD 11.03.2024 5:21 ↓

My take on two well-known characters and why I think they might have CPTSD.

Two characters you might relate to. 11.03.2024 12:26 ↓

I wanted to share two characters you might relate to if you struggle with wandering through life.

Coping technique experiment, results 11.03.2024 21:30 ↓

I did that coping technique experiment and I really liked the results.

Consequences of negative coping skills, and how to cope with them. 11.03.2024 11:50 ↓

Consequences of negative coping skills and how to cope with them and not let them consume you.

Overwhelming feelings stemming from overwhelming feelings. 11.03.2024 24:21 ↓

Figuring out how one thing stems from another and how negative coping skills plays a role.

Coping technique for grieving. 10.03.2024 9:55 ↓

I provide a simple technique for when you are grieving and how it might help you move forward and cope with your thoughts.

Squabbling, illogical, narcissistic parents 10.03.2024 24:25 ↓

I saw a movie this weekend that reminded me so much of the type of emotional abuse I grew up with.

Finding balance in communicating 10.03.2024 18:34 ↓

I talk about something that I think we really struggle with in communicating, finding balance.

Flow, the opposite of Apathy 08.03.2024 6:34 ↓

Some solutions for Apathy

Apathy about life 08.03.2024 11:36 ↓

Feelings of apathy towards life

Growth from the hard times in life. 07.03.2024 16:08 ↓

Example of how I'm growing from the hard times in life, and how I found a cure for boredom. I also came up with a new name for my history and philosophy podcast: "Not just another day".

Catastrophic thinking and feelings of incompetence. 07.03.2024 17:11 ↓

How catastrophic thinking and comparing yourself to others can relate to feelings of incompetence.

Key point about doing what's right, and key role models I try to think about. 06.03.2024 21:12 ↓

Doing what's right but not letting people walk all over you. A few role models I grew up with that I think about.

Doing what's easy vs doing what's right. 06.03.2024 18:37 ↓

How our CPTSD symptoms can lead us to doing what's easy rather than doing what's right and what is actually good for us in the long-term.

Why an abuser abused you; because they felt like it and they could. 05.03.2024 9:01 ↓

I give a blunt answer as to the motive of why people abuse others; it's because they felt like it and they could get away with it.

Something to relate to how a trigger feels 05.03.2024 13:35 ↓

I want to share a scenario that I think relates to how a trigger feels