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Allusionist 149. Complex PTSD

February 18, 2022 The Allusionist

Complex PTSD is different to PTSD, but there's not that much understanding of it as its own condition - which was not much help to Stephanie Foo when she was diagnosed with it in 2018. We talk about facing trauma rather than burying it, self-care and self-soothing, underrated eundurance, and why people can quit sniping about triggers.

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In episodes Tags words, language, linguistics, education, comedy, entertainment, society & culture, arts, literature, etymology, lexicon, vocabulary, Helen Zaltzman, history, Stephanie Foo, psychology, mental health, health, psychoanalysis, trauma, resilience, endurance, PTSD, C-PTSD, complex PTSD, self-care, self-soothing, war, military, shell shock, triggers, nostalgia, lactometer
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