The (Complex) PTSD Guy

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

How stress impacts a child's learning abilities 04.03.2024 15:23 ↓

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 17:01 ↓

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

How Self-Abandonment ruins relationships 03.03.2024 16:46 ↓

Self-Abandonment, a concept I learned about today and how it's been a HUGE part of my life and how it's impacted my relationships and might impact yours.

Taking time for yourself 02.03.2024 20:30 ↓

The importance of taking time for yourself and getting away from toxic environments

Forgiveness 02.03.2024 12:44 ↓

I recommend a book related to forgiveness and abuse

Complex PTSD book 29.02.2024 19:02 ↓

I give my review of a book about Complex PTSD.

Are there any positive aspects of having a trigger? 28.02.2024 19:13 ↓

I share how a trigger can sometimes keep us out of bad situations.

Life's biggest decisions and baggage from Complex PTSD 28.02.2024 26:00 ↓

How life's biggest decisions can be harder for people with Complex PTSD

Some additional things related to recent podcasts. 28.02.2024 19:56 ↓

Want to add a few additional things to some of my recent podcasts.

Creating illusions as a form of self preservation 27.02.2024 13:52 ↓

When we create illusions about ourselves as a form of self preservation. I've done this for years, and I still tend to do it too.

Changes in Self-Perception 27.02.2024 8:31 ↓

A key symptom of Complex PTSD; Changes in Self-Perception.