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

Coincidences or not? 15.03.2024

Some strange coincidences, I want to share.

The person constantly finding faults with what you say. 15.03.2024

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

The impact of using a positive coping skill.

Impulsive behavior and feeling bored. 14.03.2024

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

Negative attention seeking in a relationship. 14.03.2024

When negative attention seeking in a relationship ruins it.

Getting control of the little things in life. 14.03.2024

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

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

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

Two characters you might relate to. 11.03.2024

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

Coping technique experiment, results 11.03.2024

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

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

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

Coping technique for grieving. 10.03.2024

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

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

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

Flow, the opposite of Apathy 08.03.2024

Some solutions for Apathy

Apathy about life 08.03.2024

Feelings of apathy towards life

Growth from the hard times in life. 07.03.2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

How stress impacts a child's learning abilities 04.03.2024

I give someone else's example of how stress impacts a child's ability to focus and learn

Feeling embarrassed by past behavior 04.03.2024

Don't let past behavior that you were embarrassed by cause you to isolate or swear off relationships.

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