Ramona Bonwick

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[CPTSD Foundation @cptsdfoundation]

The bodies of child-abuse victims are tense and defensive until they find a way to relax and feel safe.
Survivors cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend their bodies. Physical self-awareness is often the first step in releasing the tyranny of the past.

[Dr. Patricia Schmidt 🧠 @creatorschmidt]

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[CPTSD Foundation @cptsdfoundation]

Complex trauma is relational in nature, and in the aftermath, many survivors struggle with trusting others or maintaining a healthy connection with people.
This article looks at why some survivors may struggle with connecting with their coworkers. https://t.co/GOcyL0PfZK

[CPTSD Foundation @cptsdfoundation]

One of the symptoms of complex trauma is toxic self-blame which happens when survivors blame themselves. Blaming oneself for the shame of being a victim is recognized by trauma specialists as a defense against the extreme powerlessness we feel in the wake of a traumatic event.

[CPTSD Foundation @cptsdfoundation]

Childhood abandonment causes children to neglect themselves, and to give up on the formation of a self. They do so to preserve an illusion of connection with the parent and to protect themselves from the danger of losing that tenuous connection.

[CTTP-CANTRAIN @wecantrain]

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[Ramona Bonwick @BonwickRamona]

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[Ramona Bonwick @BonwickRamona]

@DavidGilbert43 Oops. That should say.. I was taught to not infringe

[Ramona Bonwick @BonwickRamona]

@DavidGilbert43 I was taught to infringe on someone during a time when they are struggling. My lived experience is that if you tell someone your husband is rejecting his second kidney transplant, people are extremely caring and express their concern for him, as well as for me. 1/3

[Ramona Bonwick @BonwickRamona]

@DavidGilbert43 Thank you for sharing your words of wisdom. You are a motivator for change.
Sending warm caring thoughts to you 🤗 3/3

[Ramona Bonwick @BonwickRamona]

@DavidGilbert43 However when it comes to anything to do with mental health it brings about silence.
@DavidGilbert43 I’ve been following you for the past few years. I admire the strength of your voice which acknowledges the value of the knowledge and expertise of Patient Partners. 2/3

[Ramona Bonwick @BonwickRamona]

@SmilingT63 missing you TimBits

[Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD @LaniusRuth]

Hot off the press from our group in @NatMentHealth! A perspective article discussing the nature of traumatic memory.
https://t.co/2BqXZBL1QI

[Ramona Bonwick @BonwickRamona]

@DavidGilbert43 Sending you hugs and positive vibes 🤗💜

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

People have a hard time seeing abuse in their relationships when they grow up being hurt by people meant to protect them. In order to heal, they must return to those memories & see the heartbreak they had as kids. They've justifiably spent their whole lives trying to forget.

[Ramona Bonwick @BonwickRamona]

@nate_postlethwt So true …

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

When traumatic things happen, the mind & body records it & changes course out of survival of it not happening again. When it keeps happening, the person resents themselves because they feel like the problem. This is what survivors are healing from. This is the complex in cPTSD.

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

You will never get your needs met by overextending yourself to others.

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

Please be patient with people who have a hard time sharing how they feel. Many of them grew up in homes where no matter what they said, or how they said it, it wasn’t enough to be heard. Their default to feel safe is to stop sharing. Again, patience please.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Long distance relationships can be particularly hard for trauma survivors. In the absence of our partner's physical presence, Trauma Brain gets real good at spinning stories about what they're "probably" doing & thinking-- stories that are modeled after what happened in our past.