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Helpful Resources 

Please know, this information was put together by information gathered during my own search for healing. I am not a doctor or qualified mental health professional. Please consult with your doctor or health care professional for accuracy. This page is not intended nor can it replace the care of a qualified health care professional. If you or someone you know is suffering, please contact your local health care professional. This page has simply be put together by a fellow C-PTSD sufferer with the hopes to share individual findings, and to be a community support to fellow suffers of Trauma. 

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, Please continue hanging on. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255)

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Common Early Responses to Trauma 

  • Startled reactions to noises, quick movements

  • Exaggerated emotional responses

  • Hyperactivity

  • Restlessness

  • Hypervigilance

  • Seeking control, or fearing loss of control

  • Abrupt mood swings 

  • Flashbacks

  • Sensitivity to senses; sound, touch, taste, smell and lights 

  • Feeling or Fear of "going crazy" 

  • Change in sleep patterns and/or nightmares

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Common Later Responses to Trauma

  • Panic attacks, anxiety & phobias 

  • Being spacy,  mental fog / blankness, lack of concentration

  •  Reduced ability to make decisions / indecisiveness 

  • Avoidance behaviors like places, people, sounds or smells. Can also include behaviors which help to avoid thoughts or memories 

  • Emotional dysregulation, such as irritability, anger, sadness, anxiety, and shame 

  • Engaging in risky, dangerous or abnormal behaviors

  • Risky sexual behavior or decreased sexual drive

  • Dissociative amnesia & Memory loss 

  • Inability to love, nurture, or bond with other individuals 

  • Death anxiety (scared of your own death or the death of a loved one)

  • Self-harming behavior 

  • Addictions or cravings (Eating disorders, alcohol and/or drugs) 

  • Fatigue or low energy

  • Physical health problems (such as endocrine, immune problems) 

  • Unable to trust or make commitments

  • Depression, frequent crying or emotional numbing

  • Feelings of isolation and loneliness 

  • Detachment 

Window of Tolerance

Where are you? Getting familiar with where you are on your emotional scale helps you to
work with, and heal through. Practice gaging and bringing an awareness to your emotional state throughout the day by frequently asking, Where am I on the scale? (See page 9 of the book above, Windo0w of Tolerance Guide, for signs you are outside or within your window. 

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