Comment on Do you ever worry that you're secretly a psychopath that unknowingly manipulates people around you?

nutsack@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SoleInvictus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or complex PTSD. That’s what I have and the two have a TON of behavioral overlap. My therapist and I spent a good amount of time determining if I was autistic or not.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is there a name for that kind of PTSD?

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    • Typhoonigator@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      cPTSD or ‘complex PTSD’ is literally the name for it. Here’s more info from people smarter than me: my.clevelandclinic.org/…/24881-cptsd-complex-ptsd

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  • nutsack@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    im interested in that. what are the differences

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    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s a great book called Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. It’s mostly a primer on how CPTSD works but does have content on what to do about it. Just putting a name to things is huge.

      I started with the audiobook, primarily listening to it on my drive home. I knew it had nailed it for me when I realized I had spent an entire week’s worth of commutes home rage crying.

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      • nutsack@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        <3

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• aurelian@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was about to say the same thing, I have literally had this exact thought process and last year got diagnosed…

  Maybe it’s maybelline maybe it’s ASD.

  Feel free to message me if you have questions, I’m dealing with it all at the moment :/

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