08/30/2026
Did you know....
People are MORE apt to experience PTG than PTSD after a traumatic experience....
But that is not the case with those who have experienced CPTSD.
Ok first...definitions
PTG= Post Traumatic Growth
---Refers to positive psychological change experienced as a result of the struggle with a highly challenging life crisis.
PTSD= Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
--- A mental health diagnosis with a specific symptom cluster for people who have experienced or seen a Traumatic event.
CPTSD= Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
--- A mental health diagnosis with a specific symptom cluster for people who have experienced on-going traumatic events like childhood abuse, domestic violence, and others where its been exceptionally hard or impossible to escape.
The thing is when humans are exposed to the "trauma" on a regular basis or denied the reality of it on a regular basis... this settles in our body, our mind, and our soul.
Secular psychology doesn't like to address the soul issue. Oftentimes those in faith communities ignore the body (biological) issue.
But when we can come together on a biblical foundation and treat the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual impact of trauma it is in that place we can heal.