I am the lost child of my dysfunctional family. This is an introduction to role of the lost child in a dysfunctional family. Children from dysfunctional families who have been traumatically abused or abandoned develop Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD).
In this vlog I discuss the importance of being able to recognize when you are having an emotional flashback. I discuss a little more about the kinds of abuse I endured as a child. I also discuss dissociation and the fact that I may have dissociated as a small child to block out the times […]
Remember the good old days when your website was “under construction” while you were editing it. Now, you can edit away while your readers continue reading like nothing was happening. I wanted to inform you all that I just finished importing blog posts from my original blog to this one. It is a blog I started when I […]
This is episode 2 in the series: “CPTSD Recovery” by Poking Holes on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5onCtcEU_pEJXVq3huH_Pw
It’s been one year of no contact between myself and the narcissistic mother. I have only had contact in the past year with one sister, but sadly that also ended last month. I have basically been mourning for a family that lives in the same small town that I do. Weird, but also necessary. I […]
This is an open letter to my narcissistic mother for Mother’s Day. I have found all of the Mother’s Day advertising this past week to be really triggering. Writing this and making this video was very cathartic for me. I have been no contact with most of my family of origin for 7 months now. […]
I had a lot of fun making this video. I hope you learn something new and enjoy. 🙂 Symptoms of CPTSD (click the link for a downloadable word document of the video Transcript) Symptoms of CPTSD: Emotional Flashbacks (typically do not have a visual component): These involve negative feelings such as Anger, Shame, Humiliation, Abandonment, […]
