[taurath]

One point I’d make is CPTSD is not necessarily ongoing trauma, but unresolved trauma esp in childhood since that’s an inescapable position. It’s a little bit of a chicken or egg problem as trauma can also cause symptomologies similar to ADHD, just as ADHD can exacerbate traumas.

For me I’ve just found it’s helped when finding treatment methodologies for pure ADHD to be able to do a differential diagnosis - ADHD is at least much more commonly diagnosed or thought of as a possibility while CPTSD is a relatively unknown.

[eponai]

What I meant by ongoing is that it is not one specific event like being hit by a car that you can point to...but something that happens over a long period of time. It's why I never pursued EMDR as a therapy. I cannot put one traumatic thing in my mind's eye, rather my entire childhood was trauma.

[taurath]

One of the traits of CPTSD is specifically memory loss/suppression around the traumatic memories. EMDR for me is specifically helpful for surfacing those memories - its not exclusively used for single traumatic events! Also, IFS therapy is another methodology that has helped me make sense of sometimes contradictory emotional needs due to unmet needs in childhood.