I want to be more mindful about the light I cast myself in. I leave myself little room to grow and it'd be beneficial to adventure my way to better self perception.
I have self esteem issues that have me avoid testing how I'll react to different scenarios. Whatever "wrong" means, I often assume I'll react "wrongly." I constantly shut down chances for myself to experience more things in life. Like when people give ideas for things I can do, I almost always reject them because I assume I'm incapable of doing those ideas.
I would appreciate a link. That article made me question some stuff would like to read more.
Epub version (adjusts to your screen size, you will need an ebook reader app though).
PDF version full size pages, does not adjust to your screen.
The "slow" mirrors are still fast because it's a small file.
Or you can buy it on the platform of your choice. I have the physical book because it is nice to have. "CPTSD: From Surviving to Thriving" by Pete Walker.
Is what I mentioned common symptoms of CPTSD? Because I do have it.
According to the book, yes. I'm no expert, but I self diagnosed using this book. And the coping strategies and frameworks inside have been useful for me to understand myself.
Another author that helped was Alice Miller. I'm not a fan of "the body keeps the score" but "the drama of the gifted child" was helpful for me.
Btw, on what she means by gifted, Alice Miller writes,