CPTSD fucks your life because, you’re basically trying to live by avoiding real life. That is not a good thing

Obviously it’s not your choice you did this

But just as a real talk conversation, you basically can’t deal with real life. And that’s gonna screw you big time

in CPTSDby LateGrapefruit9309

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I am in my early 30s. I attend therapy, specifically EMDR focused on this. I have no damn clue how to fix the avoidance because what I observe is a high sensitivity to distress/anxiety which is caused by my exposure to stressful events. And the prolonged exposure has made me more suicidal and depressed. Its a messed up situation

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This is where I have found Polyvagal theory so helpful.

It takes a different approach. It suggests going extremely slowly to avoid going back into reactive states such as shutdown, freeze, dissociation, etc. The idea is that once you go back into these overwhelm states you can no longer learn, grow, or be present.

I did a lot of talk therapy and meds that would improve things up to a point, but never any further. At some point, I always froze or avoided. When I found a coach who said "we're not doing any cliff jumping. We're going to go very, very slowly" things changed for me.

It's much slower than I'd like, but I can move into situations and challenges now that I would run from in the past.