CPTSD

Stop believing that you are “too much” or “broken” or you “ruin all relationships.”

The truth is that if you have CPTSD, you have been stuck in survival mode for too long. Your nervous system has been responding in the way it is supposed to: It has kept you safe. The trouble is, it doesn’t realize that the dangers are in the past. That’s where therapy comes in.

Together, we can slowly try a new way of being that involves trust and connection. Eventually, you will ease out of the freeze, fight, flight, or fawn responses that have dominated your life, and you will experience a more flexible and fluid response to present-day experiences.

You are not “too much” any more than you are “broken” or “bad at relationships.” You are a survivor.

Chris Warren-Dickins
Psychotherapist in Ridgewood, New Jersey