Complex post-traumatic stress disorder explained
Complex PTSD was left out of the latest version of the ‘psychiatrists’ bible’, but that doesn’t make it any less real for those who live with it.
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Complex PTSD was left out of the latest version of the ‘psychiatrists’ bible’, but that doesn’t make it any less real for those who live with it.
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Monday, April 18, 2022 - Trauma can impact how genes work. Stephanie Foo knows this all too well, having panic attacks, anxiety, depression and more devastating impacts of severe child abuse. As part of her healing journey, she wrote a book, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma. Foo’s mother beat her repeatedly and both parents eventually abandoned her to live on her own while still in high school.
Complex PTSD isn’t in the DSM, and it’s uniquely difficult to treat.
Public radio journalist Stephanie Foo’s latest story is her own. She talks about her diagnosis of complex post-traumatic stress disorder from an abusive childhood and her new memoir, “What My Bones Know."