“Feeling safe in someone’s energy is a different kind of intimacy. That feeling of peace and protection is really underrated.” ~Vanessa Klas I’m now fourteen months into my recovery from complex post-traumatic stress syndrome (c-PTSD aka complex trauma).
I’d been in therapy for a number of years before I was diagnosed. I’d been struggling with interpersonal relationships and suffered from severe , although you wouldn’t have guessed it from looking at me. There are so many misconceptions about trauma, and before my diagnosis in 2020 I wasn’t very trauma aware. I was your typical millennial thirty-something woman, juggling a successful corporate career with a jet-setting lifestyle.
My Instagram feed was filled with carefully curated photos of me adventuring through Europe, eating flashy dinners at Edinburgh Castle or entertaining friends with cocktails in my flat just off the Water of Leith.
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