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The (Complex) PTSD Guy — 917 episodes · page 3 of 10
Being negative and relationships
Insecure attachment style, and positive feedback
Dating a con artist
Antagonizing people, what to do
Dissociation and media influences
A quick rant about deconstructing and stress
Healthy boundaries
When things are intentionally hidden from you.
Abuse, spoiling in youth and relationships
Find a Fan Club and have fun.
Complex PTSD, abuse and being spoiled, and finding your Fan Club.
Being spoiled and going through trauma.
Take a vacation, do something fun for yourself.
Hopeless outlook, and what to do for it.
When you finally figure out something you've always wondered about.
Keeping tabs on a crazymaker
Depersonalization remedy
Satire and obliviousness
When worlds collide.
When symptoms blur your ability to get a diagnosis
Catching you out
How isolating might be perpetuating being single.
Typical scenarios that lead to feelings of incompetence.
Not thinking the worst.
Article about why relationships don't last.
Attracting overbearing people, and trauma.
Is what you're struggling with most related to what could make you happy?
When someone's behavior frequently doesn't make sense.
A big clue as to why my "Cure for Boredom" is working.
Monotone voice and severe depression.
Possible solutions for despair
Celebrating your accomplishments
Stress, and feeling drained of energy.
How my thoughts on euthanasia have changed since December.
How self-criticism can be worse than you think.
When we're mad that things aren't making sense, and we act out.
Feeling lost vs feeling happy; and Low Self-esteem
Overcompensating when we feel incompetent
How to stop blaming and move forward.
Procrastination creates stress, addressing it isn't as scary as it might seem.
Reference for recent episode.
Interesting thing happened last night.
7 months alcohol-free
When people annoy you.
Self-criticism and Comparing yourself to other people.
Camping as a stress reliever, specific points.
Happiness is not just a mindset, you have to GET happy.
Symptoms that lead to boredom, and handling distractions.
Being highly impressionable, and Dissociation.
"Self-Help" vs Solutions
Internalizing other people's behavior.
Fight or Flight thinking, and what to do about it.
Grieving vs Sadness
The benefits of sharing your genuine interests with people.
Being neutral and the PTSD brain.
Opening up your perspective when you feel stuck.
Somatization
How denial is actually ignorance.
Facing your demons isn't as scary as you think.
When communities struggle with mental health.
Comparing yourself to others?
Why getting a proper diagnosis is so important.
Motivational reminder, the movie Miss Potter.
Looking back at a past trigger.
Experiment with past triggers.
Shallow relationships and Complex PTSD
Different ways of engaging with hobbies.
How to get HAPPY
Quick note related to last episode.
Adults bullying kids
Constant worrying, how I'm defeating it.
Examples of why it's important to know your triggers.
Combatting substance abuse through confidence building.
Two scenarios: Fear of Confrontation and Second-guessing yourself.
Facing your demons.
The two solutions that helped me to stop desiring alcohol.
Handling personal situations differently.
Doing things to fit in, and feeling disconnected from yourself.
When we feel wronged, but it turns out to be incorrect. Angry outbursts.
Dissociation, Disingenuous and Low Self-esteem
Dissociation and randomness
Future episode about dissociation and low Self-esteem
Technical update on podcast.
Having patience when we're triggered.
The comfort of finding your routine.
What happens when a rude person judges a confident person.
Knowing the difference between a hobby and a therapeutic activity.
Looking at things through a new lens.
Trauma and finding hobbies that bring you happiness
Long-term Memory and CPTSD
Rude behavior, Selfishness and Lack of Confidence.
Why I have one of my triggers, and how it's affecting me less.
Scenario where someone's low Self-esteem is being manipulated.
Confidence against gaslighting.
Building confidence
Confidence and building Resilience to triggers.
Turn a nuisance into a mindfulness exercise.
Helplessness, PTSD and the brain.
Class I took about our anxious brains.
How my confidence building is working out.