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9. Loss of functionality | AKA - overcompensation, collapse, resisilence not resistence

Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
Complex PTSD Recovery [on Spotify] : We Are Traumatized Motherfuckers
Episode • Dec 20, 2022 • 14m

A brain is busy with all those survival processes running in the background and the second-by-second management of triggers and symptoms. So what happens when that system gets overloaded?

Today, we're talking about the pattern of symptom masking/ignorance, overcompensation, loss of functionality, and eventual collapse. And how does "resilience vs. resistance" change our perspective?


Related eps: brain operations series, perspective series, inner and outer work series

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