Using meditation to help make life with PTSD a little better. Sharing challenges and solutions for growing up with Complex PTSD. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/benjamin-allen-belzer/support
Dismissive denial and the Cassandra Complex
Trauma and religion, aspects of my own upbringing
Negative Self Beliefs, one last thing about entitlement
Negative Self Beliefs, note related to previous episode
Negative Self Beliefs, part 5 (Abandonment and Entitlement)
Negative Self Beliefs, part 4 (Responsibility, Self-worth, and feeling Unlovable)
Negative Self Beliefs, part 3 (Logic, education and feeling defective), how our views shape us.
Negative Self Beliefs, part 2 (Learning and relationships)
Lacking fulfillment, and how poetry can help capture a feeling and provide a solution.
Domestic violence and long-term abuse
The Queen's work with domestic violence, and a documentary she did
How abuse shapes our relationships
What it's like not being allowed to have company over
A little bit of information about how the Princess of Wales helps support children's mental health
Mental health Band-Aids, rather than long-term solutions
The 25th anniversary of 9/11, and trauma related to living in war torn countries
I got confirmation on something that I truly appreciated
Tips for organizing your life, and careers
Maybe some careers aren't great for people who have Complex PTSD
Do I have similar traits as my abuser
Sharing an actual in real time situation of dissociating from a group, or de-associating
A dream I told you guys about, did it come true?
Part 2, Complex PTSD and a learning disability
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Just a quick correction and a sidenote related to the last episode
Learning disability in relation to Complex PTSD, Part 1
Having that happy ingredient is important for fighting boredom
My cure for boredom, and not drinking alcohol
Documentaries about youth cult camps, and how James Bond movies are a great distraction.
I describe new ways of looking at toxic people
Recognizing when changes are actually grief.
Low Self Esteem in relation to the symptoms of Complex PTSD
Negative Self Beliefs, a key symptom of Complex PTSD
I did something today that is probably rooted in my trauma, and I share some tips about the next episode.
The bad boy (T-RAV), and growing up in trauma
How not drinking alcohol can be an easy pass for long-term abuse
I discuss the role that sobriety and my abuser being a "dry drunk" played in my own long-term trauma growing up.
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