Substance Abuse and Addiction vs Behavioral Addiction in PTSD
Addiction or addictive behavior is pretty much always present as a result of Post-Traumatic Stress. The expression of it though can vary greatly from person to person.
Addiction or addictive behavior is pretty much always present as a result of Post-Traumatic Stress. The expression of it though can vary greatly from person to person.
Each emotion has its rightful place and healthy expression.
Whenever you get triggered, have a relapse and all your symptoms and post-traumatic stress reactions flood in, it seem like you will not have made any headway at all.
Unresolved patterns are bound to repeat themselves even in the face of our best intentions.
When you are suffering, your wanting to solve it mechanism automatically kicks in. When you suffer emotionally it is felt viscerally. It sits in the body and the body isn't a happy place to be in right then.
Any trauma that happens to you at a young age will impact your capacity of setting healthy boundaries and your ability to open up and be vulnerable.
Dissociation, in terms of trauma, means a disconnection from an integrated sense of self in an attempt to survive an incident or period of overwhelming helplessness.
Trauma as a result of childhood abuse and neglect deranges healthy nervous system build up.
Dealing with the symptoms of PTSD and PTSD Recovery and how often they are Misunderstood.
Dealing with the symptoms of PTSD, CPTSD and Childhood Trauma and how often they are Misunderstood.