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My traumas waited many decades to explode, coming alive in my consciousness. Usually a crisis, death, cancer, another trauma, etc. activates our stored trauma.
For me, this has happened twice, a decade apart, one with my whole childhood, second a horrible public betrayal in college.
During childhood, my brain wired under duress, fear and survival shut down many normal developmental circuits.
As a child, my complete focus centered around my father (my abuser).
Instead of developing healthy attachments, social skills, all my focus was spent on my fathers mood.
When a caregiver places you in imminent danger, even digestion is interrupted.
So the pattern of being consumed by trauma thoughts is a habit practiced from such an early age.
Now, a second trauma, not childhood but a college tragedy erupted a couple months ago.
Now my mind haunts me night and day playing a short video of the trauma.
My inner world tries to change the outcome. The wounded me in college, does not want to endure this a second longer.
I never felt this humiliated and worthless in my life. We feel the emotions at the time of the event, like reliving a real horror movie.
Of course my trauma from childhood made this new trauma far more damaging.
Abused kids lack emotional regulation skills and healthy coping mechanisms , making us vulnerable the rest of our lives.
Realize, if you have Complex PTSD from childhood, a new trauma will be far more damaging to us than a normal person.
I am finding that two big traumas like this can be overwhelming, so much more power in combination.
Yes, frustration and resentment share my mind with fear and humiliation in the midst of this past trauma.
You can see the rollercoasre ride our traumatized mind takes us through.
This is not an easy life. We isolate to protect our damaged souls.
Not everyday is jubilant on this journey.
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