Dealing with CPTSD and Trauma: My Story

I don't even need to know your symptoms to tell you you absolutely have CPTSD. For anyone to go through that without developing it is unfathomable to me. Major overlap with BPD symptoms as well. Check out this podcast "traumatized mother (eff) ers" on Spotify, it really helped me understand what was going on with me and how to deal with the effects of my childhood trauma. All my love 💕

hi! just the way it was explained to me, borderline is more of a base personality disorder from very long-term childhood neglect/trauma. cptsd seems to be less of a childhood deal and more of a repeated abuse deal. they tend to overlap… i was basically told to choose my diagnosis because they are treated the same. i’m not sure that it completely matters as long as you are getting the love and treatment you deserve now <3

Typically what causes CPTSD is repeated and/or inescapable trauma, everything you listed could easily be considered traumatic and seeing as most of it is surrounding your family and home life I'm sure it felt inescapable. I was diagnosed due to a number of years of being physically abused and sexually assaulted by separate family members during my childhood as well as being somewhat separated from my father, who despite his issues was still fundamentally the better parent, because of his financial and severe clutter blindness and food issues leading to an unstable living environment.