Hello Dear sgz,
A warm welcome to the forums,
I am sorry your struggling with CPTSD, and can’t deal with your emotions…
Many other beautiful members also have CPTSD as I do as well…and it’s hard to cope with once something triggers us back to the cause of our CPTSD…..What helps me the best is to distract my thoughts once triggered and my emotions go into overdrive….Listening and/or singing along with a favourite song…going outside and using all my 5 senses…sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste…usually I do it with a coffee, (taste), while listening to the birds (hearing), taking in the fragrance of flowers, grass etc (smell), feeling the warm coffee cup in my hands or picking up a rock or grass from the ground and feeling the difference between them (feeling) and looking around at whatever is my eyesight (sight)…it’s a way I find I can ground myself and bring me back to the present moment, the here and now and away from the triggering thoughts…
Do you have any coping strategies that you use?
CPTSD is not easy to manage at times and learning to live with it is even harder…but possible….with learning what coping strategies work for you, Do you have any professional help to help you learn some coping techniques?
Please talk here anytime you feel up to it, we are here to help support you the best we can..
My kindest thoughts given with my care..
Grandy..
