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8 Things Trauma Survivors Need to Remember When Coping with Symptoms of PTSD (What Your Therapist Won't Tell You)

2/24/2020

Co-written by Vasterian202

Awareness is so important. But compassion is everything. Be kind to yourself. -@emilee_with3es

Building community and encouraging others to speak their truth are two major reasons I started this blog. I luckily got to accomplish both with the creation of this post.

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Emilee with 3E's

I'm a 30-something single-ish lady who is enjoying city-life & a philanthropic career... most of the time.

Except of course when I'm crippled by the symptoms of my recently uncovered triple-D's: C-PTSD, ADD, & PMDD.

Should I change my name to Emilee With3E's and DDD's?

C'mon.. walk a [e]MILE[e] in my shoes! I have a great Sperry collection!
(As I always say, "Dress for the boat you want.").

(Truthfully? Mine are really only double). Keep reading...

START HERE! (click image)

A Note from Emilee:

Hey all! I hope if you've read this far that you've also read my About Mee page.

I am writing this note to say that I will use the following terms somewhat interchangeably throughout my writing, even though I do acknowledge their distinct differences:
1. PTSD / C-PTSD
2. ADD / ADHD

I am diagnosed with C-PTSD and ADD, which basically means my PTSD symptoms are more 'C'omplex than the average PTSD patient's, and I'm not 'H'yperactive; I just have an attention deficit.

However, the more commonplace terms are PTSD and ADHD. They are seen/heard/read about more, as opposed to their counterparts.

So, if I don't need to make any specific differentiations pertinent to the discussion about my symptoms of either C-PTSD &/or ADD, I may use 'ADHD' and 'PTSD' instead as blanket terms that should be interpreted as ways of also referencing my actual diagnoses.

If you have a concern about this, please, by all means, contact me and let me know,

The last thing I want is to offend someone with insensitive language, and I'd love to hear your perspective.

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8 Things Trauma Survivors Need to Remember When Coping with Symptoms of PTSD (What Your Therapist Won't Tell You)

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A Note from Emilee:

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