What is COMPLEX Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)? | Dr. Rami Nader

[@gloriakurkowski101]

Thank you for this video. After decades of therapists, medications and misdiagnosis , you explained what I've been struggling with since childhood. Cannot thank you enough. Now, I have work to do.

[@DrRamiNader]

Hi Gloria - so glad you found the video helpful. I wish you all the best.

[@TheNurseWhoLovedMe89]

I appreciate that you talked a bit about the causes that aren’t just from childhood traumas because I feel like those do get overlooked or forgotten about quite often. I guess childhood traumas are the most probable cause, or maybe the common, so I understand why people tend to focus on that aspect of complex ptsd, but it is nice to hear more about other possible causes too. This was a great video! Thank you for taking the time to make it 🤗😇

[@DrRamiNader]

Thank you for your kind words and thank you for supporting the channel!

[@michelekurlan2580]

LUV when Dr. Nader thanks viewers for making it all the way to the end of the videos. He's so easy to listen to. These videos are never very long. Maybe even end too soon. Certainly worth watching and rewatching. I definitely have grappled with complex PTSD and complicated grief issues which apparently and embarrassingly were obvious to others and I always knew something was kind of wrong given my quickly shifting mood states from mad to sad and back n forth, not getting along with others, job issues, and so on, and I didn't really recognize it till after losing both my parents, my dad almost 30 years ago and my mom approx. 2 years ago. It's very difficult to blame them for things that probably were multi-generational hand-me-downs from their own upbringings particularly my mother. I do need to continue working on myself however I reached a level of compassion that seemed like a lofty ideal before my mom died This allowed me to see the humanity in my parents,in particular my mother,that I wish I'd had when they were both alive. When I realized their usefulness to me, and I don't mean utility,although that's probably how it looked and felt to those close to me in my youth, and well into my adulthood,bcuz I really didn't know how to handle what was going on in my internal world and I certainly didn't understand theirs. Now,it's self-forgiveness. This is a tough one for me. Can only move forward.

[@DrRamiNader]

Thank you for sharing your insights and experiences. I wish you the best in your recovery efforts.

[@heliosending]

Wow I'd never heard the term 'mental death' before. It's something I've felt about myself for a long time, even remembering the exact date I kind of snapped into that mindset. And it was more of a reaching a breaking point than one specific event that cased that. And those symptoms, wow, I've hit the jackpot with those symptoms.

[@itsukuitsuku2803]

Good video. Thanks rami

[@DrRamiNader]

Hi Itsuku - you're welcome, glad you found it helpful.

[@rrooster8218]

I definitely suffered childhood neglect and gas-lighting/verbal/mental abuse when young that was ongoing because there was nowhere else to go. But then I have had multiple separate interpersonal traumas that were one off events...or in a sense...I escaped the situation afterwards. I match both of your videos on cptsd and ptsd. So I guess I'd lean to cptsd since I certainly have the exaggerated shame and emotional dysregulation etc. Yet, I'm curious if someone has NOT suffered an ongoing traumatic situation (domestic abuse etc) but MULTIPLE one off, unconnected events of trauma... would that be considered having complex ptsd? In other words, even if they have the exaggerated emotional problems explained in this video, do they still the require the criteria of an inescapable situation to be diagnosed with cptsd vs ptsd? I'm really just curious. After my life, the exact label isn't so important but it's certainly interesting. Thank you for sharing so much!

[@7friesen]

Another great video! What's your thoughts on cPTSD not being in the DSM?

[@DrRamiNader]

Hi Chris - the DSM is such a political document, I have no clear sense of how they decide what is in and what is out.

[@s9o9]

Sir, I often heard that for most people therapy or medications doesn't work for ptsd or for other mental illnesses. So what shall they do?

[@DrRamiNader]

Therapy and medications do work for PTSD and other mental health conditions.

[@joudez6627]

Can people recover from C-ptsd?

[@DrRamiNader]

Yes. It's a little more complicated, but the treat approach is similar to how we treat PTSD.

[@jeankipper6954]

How long does it take, to feed better, in treatment of c-ptsd?

[@DrRamiNader]

There is no simple answer to this. It is very individual and depends on the person and the nature of their condition.

[@jeankipper6954]

Is it successfully treated?

[@jeankipper6954]

Is relief possible?