List of PTSD Impairments I want to tackle
These came from a very interesting research article ~ "Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents" Domains of Impairment in Children Exposed to Complex Trauma ~ excerpts retrieved from http://www.nctsnet.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/edu_materials/ComplexTrauma_All.pdf
I. Attachment Impairment
Uncertainty about the reliability and predictability of the world, problems with boundaries, distrust and suspiciousness, social isolation, interpersonal difficulties, difficulty attuning to other people’s emotional states, difficulty with perspective taking, difficulty enlisting other people as allies...
II. Biology Impairment
Hypersensitivity to physical contact, analgesia...
III. Affect Regulation Impairment
Difficulty with emotional self-regulation, difficulty describing feelings and internal experience, problems knowing and describing internal states, difficulty communicating wishes and desires...
IV. Dissociation
Amnesia, depersonalization and derealization...
V. Behavioral Control Impairment
Poor modulation of impulses, self-destructive behavior, pathological self-soothing behaviors, sleep disturbances, excessive compliance, oppositional behavior, difficulty understanding and complying with rules, communication of traumatic past by reenactment in day-to-day behavior or play...
VI. Cognition Impairment
Difficulties in attention regulation and executive functioning, lack of sustained curiosity, problems focusing on and completing tasks, problems with object constancy, difficulty planning and anticipating, problems understanding own contribution to what happens...
VII. Self-Concept Impairment
Lack of a continuous, predictable sense of self, poor sense of separateness, low self-esteem...
I. Attachment Impairment
Uncertainty about the reliability and predictability of the world, problems with boundaries, distrust and suspiciousness, social isolation, interpersonal difficulties, difficulty attuning to other people’s emotional states, difficulty with perspective taking, difficulty enlisting other people as allies...
II. Biology Impairment
Hypersensitivity to physical contact, analgesia...
III. Affect Regulation Impairment
Difficulty with emotional self-regulation, difficulty describing feelings and internal experience, problems knowing and describing internal states, difficulty communicating wishes and desires...
IV. Dissociation
Amnesia, depersonalization and derealization...
V. Behavioral Control Impairment
Poor modulation of impulses, self-destructive behavior, pathological self-soothing behaviors, sleep disturbances, excessive compliance, oppositional behavior, difficulty understanding and complying with rules, communication of traumatic past by reenactment in day-to-day behavior or play...
VI. Cognition Impairment
Difficulties in attention regulation and executive functioning, lack of sustained curiosity, problems focusing on and completing tasks, problems with object constancy, difficulty planning and anticipating, problems understanding own contribution to what happens...
VII. Self-Concept Impairment
Lack of a continuous, predictable sense of self, poor sense of separateness, low self-esteem...
Replies
Tackled \"difficulty enlisting other people as allies\" (an attachment impairment) today by 1. Setting up some initial goals 2. Asking some very nice DS members to \"friend\" me... 3. Filling in the Workbridge enrolment form (Job Seeker agency that specialises in people with a disability/impairment)
Could have but didn\'t... a. Contacted ex-employers\' for verbal references to assist in new job search. Dang PTSD your lack of trust disappoints me... I will tackle YOU sometime before the end of the week... hmmm!