Benjamin Allen

The (Complex) PTSD Guy

Sharing challenges and solutions for growing up with Complex PTSD.

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Author

Benjamin Allen

Category

Education

Podcast website

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Latest episode

Oct 17, 2026

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Episodes

Why we self-sabotage: do we reject the Golden Ticket? 07.04.2024

I explain how I think stress causes us to reject great opportunities and self-sabotage. It all goes back to the trauma and stress.

Where making assumptions might come from. 06.04.2024

Can being oblivious and making assumptions be related to being ignorant? Is this stemming from your ignorant abuser keeping you isolated growing up?

Abusers and their Bad Manners. 05.04.2024

A key point about abusers, they tend to have bad manners.

Munchausen and misery. Also some great news. 05.04.2024

Munchausen and misery. I also share some great news related to my personal life.

Important point if you want to change your behavior. 05.04.2024

A really important point if you are trying to change your behavior.

How our behavior stems from our trauma symptoms. 05.04.2024

The importance of not beating ourselves up when we engage in behavior stemming from our trauma and our symptoms.

Next 24 hours, and how judging can be your downfall. 05.04.2024

I wanted to share a few personal things that are happening tomorrow, and how judging can be your worst enemy and can set you up to be triggered.

Happiness, finding it. 03.04.2024

I learned that happiness is the opposite of querulousness. I think this is important to point out.

My take on things you might find helpful. 03.04.2024

I read and watched a few of the recommendations from that book I told you about. I give my take on what I think.

Querulousness and trauma 02.04.2024

The concept of griping and whining in relation to trauma. Did your abuser gripe a lot?

Make positive changes and stick to them. 01.04.2024

Things take time, but if you make positive changes and you stick to them you will see things come to fruition. I give examples.

Recklessness and Complex PTSD 31.03.2024

How isolating and hopelessness can lead to recklessness, and how to avoid this.

Prejudging yourself. 31.03.2024

How quickly we can judge ourselves and how this stems from low Self-esteem.

Being judgmental and low Self-esteem 30.03.2024

How being judgmental is a telltale sign of low Self-esteem

Low Self-esteem and Complex PTSD 30.03.2024

The significant role that low Self-esteem can play in sufferers of Complex PTSD.

Symptoms of CPTSD and possible remedies, last 5. 29.03.2024

Final 5 symptoms of CPTSD and possible remedies through novels that you might find helpful.

Negative Self Beliefs, hyper vigilance and emotional dysregulation. 29.03.2024

Three more symptoms of CPTSD that I'm covering in relation to literary remedies.

Finding amazing solutions to my problems. 28.03.2024

Sharing the amazing solutions I've found that I think will really help with my own problems. Book: "The Novel Cure" by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin.

Remedies for 3 symptoms of CPTSD? 28.03.2024

Some possible remedies for 3 symptoms of CPTSD.

Clinical depression and book for ailments. 28.03.2024

I'll start to go over symptoms of CPTSD and use this book for literary uses for ailments. I cover clinical depression in this episode.

Amazing book about solutions for emotional ailments. 28.03.2024

I'm thoroughly impressed!

Amazing book for emotional ailments! 27.03.2024

A book of literary remedies for emotional ailments. I highly recommend this book: "The Novel Cure..." By Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin.

Shows that might trigger you, and good reading. 27.03.2024

Shows that might trigger you, and a few good books to get your mind off stressful things.

What is your routine like? 27.03.2024

Do you have a morning routine? What is your evening schedule like?

Catch-22 and Complex PTSD 26.03.2024

Self-sabotage and Complex PTSD. How boredom can lead to a Catch-22 where you end up right back to the trauma you started at.

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