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Early Days Rerelease: Trauma Loops pt II: Stagnancy, terrible relationships, and self-abuse

Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
Episode • Jul 8, 2020 • 56m

Last time we talked Endless Trauma Loops pt I, I recounted the disappointing discovery that I've been living the same trauma-born mistakes for the past 10 years on repeat. I was both so smart - and clearly so fucking dense - to get stuck in the same life-halting traps for a decade. So, what are those repeat mishaps?

Stagnancy and overdrive, tough relationships, anxious attachments, health-obsession and abuse, escapism, and an undercurrent of giving up on myself, to name a few... Sounds familiar? Eek, sorry Fucker.

But also, while I was too dumb to stop making the same choices in different costumes on repeat, at least I had SOME idea of the right ways to get out of it. There are also positive notes of gratitude, confidence, optimism, and narrative thinking, for short-lived times. 

If I want to break the loops, I just have to make sure that my trauma brain doesn't push these ways of thinking to the back of the line again. I got it this time - hopefully. How bout you?


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