Is This Healthy?
With C-PTSD, our relationships may not always feel healthy. Sometimes we can shut off, shut down, or feel completely insecure and need more and more validation. We've been through a lot...a lot of relational trauma in particular...so it's no surprise that our relationships are affected.
CPTSD V PTSD
What's the difference?
Well, there's a few...
Causes, symptoms, and solutions can differ between the two. It can be helpful to understand which you may be dealing with in order to attain the proper treatment and support. Let's go through these step-by-step:
Why “The golden mend?”
In Japanese culture, there is a practice known as Kintsukuroi, translated in English to "the golden mend," in which broken pottery and glass is repaired with gold resin. The broken item is thus made more valuable through the process of repair and imbued with a beauty which could not have been without the break.