“Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a stress-related mental disorder generally occurring in response to complex traumas,[1] i.e., commonly prolonged or repetitive exposures to a series of traumatic events, within which individuals perceive little or no chance to escape.[2][3] Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) Other names Disorders of extreme stress not otherwise specified (DESNOS), enduring personality change after catastrophic experience (EPCACE) Specialty Psychiatry, clinical psychology Symptoms Hyperarousal, emotional over-stress, intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulations, hypervigilance, negative self-beliefs, interpersonal difficulties, and also often attention difficulties, anxiety, depression, somatisation, dissociation. In the ICD-11 classification, CPTSD is a category of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with three additional clusters of significant symptoms: emotional dysregulations, negative self-beliefs (e.g., feelings of shame, guilt, failure for wrong reasons), and interpersonal difficulties.[4][5][3] Examples of CPTSD's symptoms are prolonged feelings of terror, worthlessness, helplessness, distortions in identity or sense of self, and hypervigilance.[4][5][3] CPTSD's symptoms share some similarities with the observed symptoms in borderline personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder and somatization disorder.[6][5] There exist strong relationships between CPTSD and repetitive adverse childhood experiences,[7][8] especially among survivors of harmful foster care.[9] In fact, the trauma model of mental disorders associates CPTSD with chronic or repetitive: sexual, psychological, physical abuse or neglect, intimate partner violences, bullying, kidnapping and hostage situations, frequent medical issues or long-term hospitalization, natural disasters, indentured servants, slavery or other human trafficking, sweatshop workers, prisoners of war, concentration camp survivors and solitary confinement. The undergone situations generally last for long periods of time. Besides these, any situations involving captivity or entrapment (i.e., perceived situations lacking of easy and viable escape routes) can lead to CPTSD.[6] Attachment – "problems with relationship boundaries, lack of trust, social isolation, difficulty perceiving and responding to others' emotional states" Biomedical symptoms – sensory-motor developmental dysfunction, sensory-integration difficulties; increased medical problems or even somatization Affect or emotional regulation – "poor affect regulation, difficulty identifying and expressing emotions and internal states, and difficulties communicating needs, wants, and wishes" Elements of dissociation – "amnesia, depersonalization, discrete states of consciousness with discrete memories, affect, and functioning, and impaired memory for state-based events" Behavioral control – "problems with impulse control, aggression, pathological self-soothing, and sleep problems" Cognition – "difficulty regulating attention; problems with a variety of 'executive functions' such as planning, judgment, initiation, use of materials, and self-monitoring; difficulty processing new information; difficulty focusing and completing tasks; poor object constancy; problems with 'cause-effect' thinking; and language developmental problems such as a gap between receptive and expressive communication abilities." Self-concept – "fragmented and disconnected autobiographical narrative, disturbed body image, low self-esteem, excessive shame, and negative internal working models of self". -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_post-traumatic_stress_disorder (all of my witnessed experiences are in this link.)
"I have seen people commit crimes within cults for money, for free, being "underpaid" as they said, and being "overpaid" as they said. I also saw people commit crimes when they claimed to be fairly paid. I am recovering daily from Complex-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. -Antonio Myers.
The rest of my extraordinary reasons for my not being a traditional family man.
Cruddy crime and adventurous adolescence
I created my own gospel: The Gospel of Belonging. My version of oneness and wholeness.
My compassionate concerns with practicing a religion in regards to the practitioners.
I no longer have sex for all of the morally wrong reasons deeply rooted within the sexual traumas.
I no longer see myself as sin-natured due to my Autism.
I hold the humanity of Christians and non-Christians in high regard.
My Grandma Clara’s desire for me to be a godly family man and a godly senior pastor.
My special guest Dr. Indushree Rajan and I talked about combatting human trafficking, sexual slavery, and systemic racism. We also discussed her therapeutic healing modalities that aids her clientele.
Casual dating etiquette thanks to my career
Sexual logical fallacies, sexual trauma responses, and the sexual parts of the sexual brain.
My special guest Rahti Gorfien and I talk about her outstanding neurodiverse individuality.
My special guest Lois Hollis and I talk about her wise coinage of the term "shame guilt."
My ethical non-monogamy in moderation thanks to my higher calling (the polar opposite of the unethical (not illegal) non-monogamy of my past.)
The hassle and razzle-dazzle of my career and my life as a self-partnered individual
My last episode on my consciously being a solo-polyamorist despite my family man desire.
My challenges of being a family man and the massive costs of being a global social justice warrior.
Women and myself in the past regarding the mutual feeling of insatiable appetite for each other. Intimate partner/domestic violence, intimate partner/domestic sexual violence, the rape of sex workers.
All of the reasons why my past women sex partners and myself gravitated towards each other.
My work-life balance (I’m open to the family man life: my wife, my kids, my pet, and our house.)
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