Getting a mental health diagnosis, or even self-diagnosing, can feel like a relief, overwhelming, or anywhere in-between.
So often, people believe the symptoms and struggle associated with the diagnosis are something they’ll have to learn to live with and/or manage forever.
People are starting to talk more about C-PTSD, which is important. But there’s something that isn’t being said enough, not just with C-PTSD, but with many mental health diagnoses: you can heal.
Not just manage. Not just cope. Heal.
In this video, I talk about:
The difference between PTSD and Complex PTSD, and why that distinction matters
How diagnosis can be both validating and limiting
Why identifying too closely with a diagnosis can make healing feel out of reach
The danger in normalizing the idea that we’ll always struggle
My own experience with symptoms that once aligned with CPTSD, depression, even BPD and how healing changed that
Receiving a diagnosis might help you understand what you’re going through. But it doesn’t define what the rest of your life has to look like.
If you’ve been wondering whether things can really change, or whether you're just “stuck with it,” this video is for you. Let’s keep this conversation going in the comments.
This episode originally aired on YouTube.
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This podcast is for informational purposes and is not mental health advice nor a replacement for professional mental health treatment.
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