PTSD and Complex PTSD: How Chronic Anxiety, Childhood Trauma, Domestic Abuse and Toxic Relationships Cause PTSD and Complex PTSD

Transcend Mediocrity, Book 70

By: J.B. Snow

Narrated by: Sorrel Brigman

Length: 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Many people experience anxiety at some point in their lives. You feel anxiety when speaking in public, trying something new, or meeting someone special. Your palms get sweaty. Your heart races. You feel a ball in your stomach. Your chest feels tight.

Anxiety is good in some situations. It prepares us for flight-or-flight responses. It prompts us to take action or to plan out what is going to occur in a situation. Anxiety in mild forms can be a good thing. Our body is designed to be anxious in situations where we should take control and take action. Anxiety that pervades everything in our life, causes us to be sick, and keeps us awake at night is bad.

Anxiety can escalate to another level. When a person is exposed to traumatic or negative events where they feel little or no control in the outcome, the anxiety can turn into post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). If you have enough recurring events in your life that are traumatic, you may even be diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD).

Complex PTSD is a disorder that often affects soldiers, battered women, and children who have been in abusive and domestic violence situations. It is used to diagnose people who have been exposed to long-term and repeated exposure to situations out of their control, whereas normal PTSD can occur in someone with exposure to one or two traumatic events. PTSD can happen when someone is raped or is the victim of other violent circumstances, like a shooting event. A person who dates or marries a psychopath or a narcissist can have complex PTSD. A child who is sexually abused repeatedly is also likely to have complex PTSD.

©2015 J.B. Snow (P)2015 J.B. Snow

Concise detail meaningful to the afflicted!

Concise detail meaningful to the afflicted! More effective when considering the possibility than a 300 page read!

anonymous

very accurate in explanation done in a very underatandable way easy to relate and recognize the signs and symptoms.

doesn't get into anything, simply an overview

there is no meat on the bones... give the listener profound details that notify the listener to catagories, causes, and effects of c-ptsd and ptsd.. but never talks of tips, techniques for rehab or corrective action... then offers the listener to buy more of their books....

Very much my life

Hard to listen to due to brought back so much of my past and present life. I had to put my hands over my eyes to get through listening to the pain of memories and what is happening in my present life. I am now age 53 and just getting some help but have not pinned what you're saying due to keeping me afloat so I don't become homeless. I'm am a sensitive person and grew up in large family the 5th of 6th kids. Always pushed aside and never felt heard.. Parents never knew that my brother 8 years older was sexualizing abusing me.. Then dealing with all the other siblings picking on me. I became a very shy child and wanted to be let alone. To this day the person that started my spiraling life, told me to bury the skeletons.. He said I have.. And to stop crying. Sister told me to get over it and life goes on. And I have been through two abusive marriages and now feel afarid to tell since they all run away and don't want to be around someone with such deep seed problems. I rather be now by myself instead of opening up the pain.

Very Short

Very short but it has some good information. Summarizes things pretty good. Her voices is a little difficult.

Good overall

This is a great book for people who don’t know what ptsd and cptsd is and how to identify them.

Concise

Concise and to the point. Great summary that covered the facts of each condition and the differences.

Clear concise valuable information

The Author targets the topic in such a clear and concise manner which is key for those suffering from PTSD/CPTSD, since often there is difficulty processing information after experiencing severe abuse and trauma. Also has some good resources that are not financially draining and can be used as tools immediately to get on the path toward helping and healing you.

girls voice is annoying

content was good ,straight forward, informative. just didnt like the narrator's voice. was high pitched.

not what I was looking for

I already knew what caused my problems. . this wasn't a good resource 4 me...