Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) In Emotionally Abusive/Distant Relationships

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Many of us know what Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is, and we associate it with people who have come back from war, or who have experienced traumatic events, or accidents. Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or C-PTSD is a type of PTSD that garnering much more attention lately thanks to all we're learning about the long-term effects of trauma from people in power. Examples of C-PTSD can be found in everything from survivors of sex-trafficking and or survivors of ongoing sexual abuse as a child, to spouses who have lived in emotionally abusive relationships for years, especially those who have found themselves in relationships with a partner exhibiting symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). - This episode is based primarily off of the article "Understanding Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder," by Gary Gilles and Kelly Morrell, medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD from Healthline.com https://www.healthline.com/health/cptsd (https://www.healthline.com/health/cptsd) - Tony's new best selling book "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" is now available on Kindle. https://amzn.to/38mauBo (https://amzn.to/38mauBo) - Tony Overbay, is the co-author of "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" now available on Amazon https://amzn.to/33fk0U4 (https://amzn.to/33fk0U4). The book debuted in the number 1 spot in the Sexual Health Recovery category and remains there as the time of this record. The book has received numerous positive reviews from professionals in the mental health and recovery fields. - The book tackles tough questions with answers from both the expert and the addict's point of view. Tony, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and creator of The Path Back, an online pornography addiction recovery program that has helped hundreds of people overcome turning to pornography and other compulsive sexual behaviors as a coping mechanism, and Joshua Shea, former addict, and author of the book “The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About” read their respective answers to questions such as "Finding out he's addicted to porn has turned me off to sex completely, what should I do?" And "How much do we tell the kids?" And "Does this mean that God is mad at me, or doesn't love me?" - Reviews include: "This is the most helpful book for porn addicts and the people who (still) love them. One of the most courageous and timely books to help with a widespread and almost never talked about epidemic that is ruining marriages, careers, and lives. It will give hope to millions of people who are addicted to pornography. -- Mark Goulston, MD, FAPA, Author of Just Listen Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone. - You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs, and podcasts. - The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) Betterhelp.com is the world's leading provider of online therapy. Their mission is to make professional counseling accessible, affordable, and convenient,

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Coming up on today's episode, we're going to talk about a pretty serious subject,
0:04.5	but I'm still going to try to, I don't know, bring a couple of snorts, a little bit of laughter to it,
0:07.8	but it's the concept of complex post-traumatic stress disorder, or C-PTSD. And this is something that's
0:13.9	become more and more widely recognized by doctors and mental health professionals over the years,
0:18.7	and this is something that results from repeated trauma over months or years rather than from a single event. And it doesn't just have to be anything from,
0:26.9	you know, from war or from something as traumatic as a car crash or those sort of things.
0:32.3	This can be long-term trauma that includes ongoing physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. So this can be a part of
0:38.9	a relationship, maybe a relationship with someone who has been emotionally unavailable, somebody who
0:44.4	might be in a relationship with someone who has a personality disorder, such as narcissism.
0:48.5	And so this is an important topic to bring up. And whether you are in this situation or not,
0:54.0	please listen, because I think you're
0:55.6	going to identify a lot of concepts today with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, maybe even
1:01.1	the people around you.
1:02.0	And this might be one of those episodes where you can send to somebody and it can really help
1:06.0	them, help them kind of feel like there really is hope and that there's a reason why they
1:10.8	maybe feel stuck or some of the the stunted emotions that they feel.
1:14.7	So I just want to give you that heads up, but I think that you're going to get a lot out of this
1:17.7	episode.
1:18.5	So that and plenty more coming up on the virtual couch.
1:32.8	Hey. Hey everybody, I'll make this one quick.
1:36.1	Now, as a therapist myself, of course, I recommend that everybody give therapy a try.
1:39.1	Truly, we're all hanging on to some things that would be helpful to process,
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