Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A GUIDE AND MAP FOR RECOVERING FROM CHILDHOOD TRAUMA

心理学系の本とかは、西洋の宗教も影響してるので、しっくりしなくて困ることが多いですが、この本は、珍しくそれがないので、倍に考えなくてすみました。 このコンセプトってカサンドラの人にも役だちそうですし、知識の幅が広がるから、対処法が増えました。 これで、私は割りきろうとスッキリした事がありました。

著者のPete Walkerさんは、（ご本人によると）ご自身も複雑性トラウマのサーバイバーです。また、MFTという資格を持ったセラピストとして35年以上活動されていらっしゃるそうです。 したがって、この本はサーバイバーがトラウマを乗り越えた経験と、セラピストとしての経験の両方に基づいて書かれた本ということになると思います。また、読者として想定されているのは複雑性トラウマのサーバイバーで（セラピストなどの専門家ではありません。専門書ではないので、引用文献のリストもありません）、複雑性トラウマから回復するためにはどのような治療法があるのか、サーバイバーはどのように治療を選択していけばよいのか（どのような方針や視点に基づいて、治療を選択すればよいのか）ということについて書かれています。 「認知行動療法がよい」とか「マインドフルネスがよい」とか、特定の技法だけを勧めていらっしゃるわけではなく、それぞれの方法の特徴（メリットとデメリット）を比較的公平に論じていらっしゃる印象を私は受けました。ただし、当然のことながら、こうした事情はアメリカに関する事情なので、ここで書かれていることが日本にそのまま当てはまるということではないため、日本のサーバイバーの方にどのくらい役に立つのかというのは微妙なところだと思います。

Very low quality publishing. Returned.

Llego en buena forma al lugar de entrega, fue un regalo de navidad hacia un familiar y quedó encantado, lo recomiendo👏

This is the best book on childhood trauma I have ever read. For the first time in my life, I understand what is going on with me and why. This has brought me an immense sense of relief and self compassion. I now have the courage to see my past with clarity, understanding and wisdom. I don't feel broken or strange any more. I especially appreciated the author's authenticity and level of disclosure, as well as his kind and gentle approach. The book is full of practical tools to guide anyone interested to go beyond their current limitations and achieve a new level of freedom and growth. I highly recommend it!

Stop scrolling and listen up. Do not even purchase another CPTSD book until you have read this one. Trust me, I have spent THOUSANDS, yes, thousands, of dollars on trauma healing resources related to CPTSD and its hellish symptoms but this one is *BY FAR* the best. It's the kind of book where you highlight almost every single sentence on every single page. Here's why: 1.) Emergency Preparedness. Unfortunately, the way in which I learned about my CPTSD diagnosis was through a massive emotional flashback. In 2021 I decided to leave a marriage full of the same religious, psychological, emotional, and physical abuse that I was raised in. During this process, old trauma was triggered in a way I had never experienced before. For months I had been living in constant hyperarousal. I felt like a panicky and frantic child. The slightest sounds and movements would throw me into full blown panic attacks. I was insecure, anxious, impulsive, and afraid. I couldn't sleep or eat. I am only 5' and normally weigh 115 lbs and lost 20 lbs in 2 months. I was irritable, couldn't concentrate on my job, and felt constantly on guard. None of this was good considering I own my own six figure business and am a mom to three little kids. I kept digging and researching and everything I found was kind of similar but didn't really describe whatever it was I was experiencing. I had even bought another famous book on CPTSD looking for answers and it held none. But, 6 months later, I found this book. Pete Walker begins the book by saying something along the lines of, "if you are experiencing such-and-such symptoms, skip to page _____," so I did. My mind was blown, tears were falling down my face because I finally had a name to what it was I had been experiencing for 6 entire months now! It was an emotional flashback. Emotional flashback's are interesting because they do not have the visual element that is present in PTSD flashbacks and they can last for a long time. Mine ended up lasting 6 months and the only reason it stopped was because of this book. Sadly, until I read Pete's book, I had no idea what was happening. I just kept telling my friends who were helping me, "this isn't me. This isn't me. Something is wrong." I knew I wasn't myself, I just didn't know why. Now I'm here 8 months later trying to play catch up on all the areas of my life that suffered while I was in my emotional flashback. I wish I had found this book sooner. There is so much power in being able to name what you are experiencing and this book helped me do that. 2.) Path to healing. When you first find out you have CPTSD its overwhelming to know where to begin your healing journey. The first book about CPTSD that I bought was a workbook, it was okay, but it was NOTHING compared to this book. Had I found this book sooner, I wouldn't have even bought the other one. Other famous CPTSD authors lay out the the different options for CPTSD healing (CBT, DBT, EMDR, Somatic, Internal Family Systems, Inner Child work, etc.), but Pete takes it a step further and tells you exactly where to start. Which is a massive relief because the last thing you want to do when your CPTSD has been activated is spend hours attempting to research opinions from people who don't even know what it is you're going through. The best part is, if you're distrustful or curious like me, Pete even explains why he puts certain steps before others. . 3.) Lists. No one has time to read an entire chapter when their (or someone they love's) nervous system has been thrown into hypo- or hyper-arousal and they need to figure out what triggered them and why. Which is why Pete's easy to remember and easy to find checklists are literal lifesavers. 4.) Pete Walker knows his stuff because he is a survivor himself. As a child I was told that I was a punishment from God on my mother. This statement was only the beginning of a deep seeded core belief I had that I was innately, permanently broken. Pete's book and the memories and experiences he describes didn't feel triggering to me but healing. It felt like for the first time in my life I could acknowledge that I was normal. I wasn't broken. Nothing was wrong with me. This book is validating and enlightening. A true salve for the traumatized soul. There are a million other reasons as to why this book is the best of the best, but, I digress. Just trust me and the other 6,000 people leaving reviews here and BUY THIS BOOK NOW!

I never thought and understand whats wrong with me, even successful in many fields of life. Something was always missing, always go back to my lousy bad habits. Always go back to my abusive friends and family members but always defeated. Now i know, on my way to fight back this time with knowledge of self.