HI. LS here. Yes, I would like to start a support group for what is called Complex PTSD or Childhood PTSD of maybe 5 regular people who can share successful techniques for handling triggers, celebrate insights and successes and give support.
My awareness of this came from dating long ago a Vietnam Veteran who had PTSD. As we went through counseling, I began to notice that I had some of these symptoms, but since I hadn’t been in a war, it went by.
Then a girlfriend recommended the book “Complex PTSD, From Surviving to Thriving” by Pete Walker, who is a single dad, and who writes with a minimum of psychological nomenclature, so the reading is not difficult.
I have two needs in this group: 1) I need each of you to have a name. You can make one up as long as it. is consistently used, but I cannot experience your humanity without a name, at least (voices and faces would be more optimum, but here we are! and 2) I need a general location such as a state and general area. For example, I live in Northern California, east of the Bay Area. This protects your/our privacy, but gives me personally a sense of grounding and physical reality if I know what your environment and climate is like.
OK! Who is up for this?
Thanks,
LS
