Self-esteem, attachment and Complex PTSD

• Card 1

  Repeated criticism, blame and control tend to become internalised. Many people leave a relationship carrying an inner voice that sounds remarkably like the person who harmed them — and mistake it for the truth about themselves.

• Card 2

  What people often notice afterwards

  • Difficulty trusting your own judgement or memory
  • Feeling fundamentally unlovable, too much, or not enough
  • Anxiety when someone is kind, or when closeness increases
  • Pulling away, or holding on tightly, sometimes both
  • Emotional flashbacks — sudden floods of old feeling with no clear trigger

• Card 3

  When harm is prolonged and escape feels impossible, the effects are sometimes described as Complex PTSD. It is a description of what happened to you, not a statement about who you are.

• Card 4

  Explore how complex trauma develops and what supports recovery.

  Open Complex PTSD →

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