People with cPTSD act by struggling to control their emotions with lead to intense and unpredictable emotional reactions.
A person with cPTSD might also experience and have difficulty in managing anger, which leads to outbursts or conversely suppressing anger and become emotionally numb and they might also react intensely to stress and feel overwhelmed in situations which remind them of the trauma.
And people with cPTSD may also experience significant mood swings, including having periods of intense sadness, anxiety or anger which is often followed by periods of emotional detachment.
And a person with cPTSD may also struggle to express and experience positive emotions like happiness or love.
A person with cPTSD may also avoid relationships, have trust issues, attachment issues and negative self image.
cPTSD is not actually BPD as they are actually both distinct disorders and diagnoses.
Although cPTSD and BPD do share some overlapping symptoms and can occur with each other but they are not the same.
CPTSD stems from chronic trauma and BPD often involves difficulties with emotional regulation as well as relationships.
CPTSD is Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
And BPD is Borderline Personality Disorder.
BPD or borderline personality disorder causes an unstable sense of self, and people with C PTSD often have a more stable but negative self view.
Borderline personality disorder or BPD also often involves intense or extreme relationships.
Borderline personality disorder or BPD is a type of mental health condition that causes significant instability in a persons mood, self image and interpersonal relationships and is often accompanied by fear of abandonment and impulsivity.
CPTSD is also known as complex post traumatic stress disorder which develops after a prolonged or repeated exposure to traumatic evens which can include war, neglect or abuse and is a more severe and complex form of post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD.
The symptoms of CPTSD include intrusive thoughts and flashbacks, emotional dysregulation, intense anger, fear or sadness, difficulty in regulating relationships, changes in self concept, feeling worthless or unsafe, dislocation, feeling detached from oneself or the environment and physical symptoms such as headaches and stomach pain.
Physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, witnessing violence and war or captivity can cause CPTSD.