What is complex PTSD and how does it relate to past abuse and trauma?
Last week, 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame highlighted the importance of accessing emotional support after trauma and said she had been diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD).
While there hasn’t always been agreement about CPTSD, there is now a consensus of sorts about CPTSD, which acknowledges the wide range of psychological consequences that can follow from various types of trauma.
Discussions about diagnoses can seem far removed from the lived experience of people who have experienced trauma. Diagnostic systems are based on research, but they are products of committees of stakeholders with a wide range of viewpoints.
Nonetheless, despite all the limitations of diagnostic labels, with CPTSD there is an important validation of the profound challenges trauma exposure can bring.
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