Benjamin Allen

The (Complex) PTSD Guy

Sharing challenges and solutions for growing up with Complex PTSD.

Author

Benjamin Allen

Category

Education

Podcast website

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Latest episode

Jul 11, 2024

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Episodes

What's the difference between isolating and being an introvert? 29.06.2021

Knowing the difference between isolating and being an introvert. Update regarding my recent hypnosis consultation.

Hypnosis for lingering issues: Am I having a "mid-life" crisis? 24.06.2021

5 key things I will bring up during my hypnosis session. Possibly leaving my career. We all need a little Scully in our lives.

Incompetence related to Social Undermining and Post Traumatic Embitterment Disorder 18.06.2021

How Social Undermining relates to feelings of incompetence and can lead to Post Traumatic Embitterment Disorder.

Engaging with your perpetrator 16.06.2021

Interpersonal relationships and how our view of our perpetrator plays a role in our lives.

Three Night Terrors in a row! Understanding our dreams. 13.06.2021

Sharing four night terrors I had this weekend, three in one night! How to learn your own role in your dreams. There is a bright side.

Plagues, alcoholism, depression, suicidality, and my own chromosomal history 13.06.2021

Research and articles, I've attached to my Twitter page, regarding chromosomes 11 and 3 in relation to alcoholism, depression and suicidality. Possibly relates to successive bubonic plagues in 1625 and 1665.

How Complex PTSD impairs workplace engagement. 12.06.2021

Recent experience where my short-term memory issues, from my Complex PTSD, impacted my job.

Shame: Is your past haunting you? 07.06.2021

How to find grace from shameful feelings. How your suffering can be used in productive ways.

Specific Triggers and Stereotypes: The Downside of Complex PTSD 03.06.2021

Do people think you are "too sensitive"? How practical jokes can be a trigger and why.

How to talk about Complex PTSD 01.06.2021

Suggestions based off of my own experiences in talking about PTSD and Complex PTSD. Respect, being a good listener and being on the side of someone who has been through trauma. And what not to do.

Holidays and Addictive Thinking 29.05.2021

Do holidays that promote alcohol cause you to put yourself in harm's way? Get yourself to a better place.

What is the difference between Stress, PTSD and Complex PTSD 22.05.2021

Explaining the difference between Stress PTSD and Complex PTSD. Listener wanted to know the difference.

Gaslighting and Complex PTSD 19.05.2021

Examples and scenarios of marital and parental gaslighting of spouse and children.

Incompetence: A short story 14.05.2021

Brief mention of how I am expressing myself through short stories about living with Complex PTSD and how it affects myself and maybe you can relate.

Chronic Stress and High-Risk Decision Making 11.05.2021

Scientific article on chronic stress and how it leads to high-risk activity. How healthy social connections can help reverse this.

Correction: Judgment vs Neutrality 08.05.2021

Correction for recent podcast in regards to pre-judging and maintaining a neutral mindset

Gratefulness vs Anger 08.05.2021

Is anger getting the best of you? Do you ever dig deep to understand what you really appreciate in life?

Can you break the Complex PTSD Loop? 30.04.2021

Reference to article on breaking your negative thought loop. Other positive points.

Complex PTSD and Fate 28.04.2021

Fate in relation to living with Complex PTSD

Psychology Today article: Regular activities and brain health 20.04.2021

Points related to regularly engagement with certain activities to engage the cognitive functions of the brain.

Complex PTSD: Does it get better? 14.04.2021

Thoughts on managing your PTSD. Comparison to diabetes and heart disease; you have to adjust and manage just like you do with those things.

Very personal story and repairing your DNA 06.04.2021

Follow up from last podcast. Sharing a very personal story that might inspire others.

Telomeres: Great article on trauma and the brain. 04.04.2021

Short episode sharing articles about trauma and the brain. Significance of meditation for restoring Telomeres in the brain.

Trust: Not Living in the Past 25.03.2021

Complex PTSD and how many people might be living in the past like I have been. Remedies for this and learning the importance of Trust.

Anger Empathy and Character Development 21.03.2021

Description of how I develop a character to help me overcome my own obstacles related to Complex PTSD

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