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"I was so isolated and lonely after spending two years virtually housebound due to my flaring Mast Cells."
"Experts describe how CPTSD survivors have had their self-esteem obliterated (COMPLEX PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, Pete Walked)."
"Suicidal ideation has been more than a fun hobby throughout my life. It is my self-hatred that the GFM created, that makes me think about ending the mandated subjugation and its resultant soul-crushing pain."
"Recovering depends on realizing that shame and depression are the lingering effects of a loveless childhood (COMPLEX PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, Pete Walker)."
"The legacy of abuse and neglect in this family directly cost my step-brother his life. Honouring Billy’s struggles has provided me with the additional strength I needed to break free from my torturers and begin to heal."
"Living with ADHD and Synthesia, in addition to the crippling anxiety of my CPTSD, means that my mind is always swirling at a frenetic pace."
"It is challenging to sit in stillness, quieten the voices of my abusers and to feel safe enough to critically examine them, for what and who they really are."
"I was only a toddler and my own mother had already permanently tuned me out. I was alone and only lived in the periphery of my life. My mother’s cold distain impacted my behaviour negatively, creating the ground floor of my both my CPTSD and ADHD, which my family then punished me for."
"The chaos of my mind and when paired with my Avoidant Attachment style makes maintaining relationships a struggle. I lash out at those I love the most because they have the greatest potential to hurt me."
" Up we hiked to the marina office only to learn that BWG had driven all the way up to the cottage in the winter and taken our two old boats. He hadn't told us, of course, because that is how power and control works. BWG doesn't have to explain himself to anyone, by God he's a rich, white, heterosexual, conservative man. "
Cycles of Abuse - chapter.org.uk
"I can begin to release my shame now that I no longer blame myself for getting trapped in an abusive relationship and thus caught in the cycle of generational trauma. As a sixteen-year-old, intelligent feminist I thought I “knew” that I was the exception to the cycle of abuse. I believed that my boyfriend was nothing like my father...but he was, he really, really was."
