If you are going through or have been through Trauma

 If you are going through or have been through trauma, learn more about 𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃 & 𝐂-𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃..

Most people picture trauma as one huge event.

Often it isn’t one moment — it’s years of small hurts: 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

Those hurts usually come from the world around us — our schools, workplaces, communities… and sometimes our parents.

👉🏻 PTSD can follow a single terrifying event.
👉🏻 C-PTSD — 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 — grows when harm is repeated or continuous, especially inside relationships or environments you couldn’t leave.

When your surroundings keep signalling danger, your nervous system learns to live there.

Understanding the difference matters. It helps you stop blaming yourself and start finding the right support. Naming the experience is not about being labelled — it is a map for healing. I have watched people begin to breathe again the moment they understood: “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭.”



A few firm truths to finish with: avoid anyone who tells you “𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭.”

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

🌱 Seek therapy as and when needed. You do not have to do this alone.

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