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    Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
    Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
    Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
    Audiobook10 hours

    Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

    Written by Pete Walker

    Narrated by Paul Brion

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    About this audiobook

    The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes—in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous.



    If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul, and body.



    This book is a practical guide to recovering from lingering childhood trauma. It is copiously illustrated with examples of the author's and his clients' journeys of recovering. It is a comprehensive self-help guide for working through the toxic legacy of the past and for achieving a rich and fulfilling life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 28, 2018
    ISBN9781977338150
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    Reviews for Complex PTSD

    4.5/5

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a life-changing, insightful, and comprehensive book on healing from trauma. It provides a clear understanding of complex disorders like CPTSD and offers practical recommendations for recovery. Many readers have found validation and a sense of relief through the author's personal experiences and the tools taught in the book. The positive reviews highlight the book's ability to connect with readers on a deep level and provide a roadmap to freedom from suffering. Overall, this book is considered essential and amazing by those who have read it.

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    • 5/5
      I didn't realize I had PTSD until I heard this book. I couldn't figure out how to calm myself so I could get to sleep. Now I realize I have been having emotional flashbacks every night of my life since childhood. I also now have the tools to manage them, thanks to this book and Pete Walker's website. I have recently slept 5 nights in a row with excellent sleep and without struggling to get to sleep. Everyone who has had a crappy childhood should read this book!... even if you don't think you have PTSD.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wow. I felt like first 2 chapters Spoke directly to my DNA. He connected all my dots.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      The book shed light on a complex disorder with helpful hints. Would have liked a PDF download with the toolkits

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      One of the most insightful books. Every chapter resonated. Implementable practical recommendations.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Listening to this, I felt like the author has been living in my body and wrote the entire book based on my personal experiences. As I neared the end of the book, I tried releasing past denied emotions using Pete’s recommended method for grieving past injustices. I am still riding the pure relief and joy from this one attempt!

      Thank you for writing this book. If you are drawn or repelled by this title, please read it. It is the next step in becoming whole.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wonderful book, full of useful advices. Kinda sad that I find this book so useful and relatable =/ It's a book I need to read but wish I didn't.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It such a helpful and comprehensive book. I highly recommend it for anyone suffering CPTSD or anyone who is interested in helping a survivor.
      I already can feel much more peace after hearing the audio version and will very likely order the hard copy to keep in my library for further reference. I am sure that this book will help me all through my life and will give me the tools to take care also of my daughter and be a better parent (who is on the road to recovery)

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Absolutely essential and amazing. You’ve changed my life. Thank you.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book is a life changer into understanding the many layers of CPTSD. Highly recommend!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very helpful, triggering, but in an amazing way!
      The best thing about it is naming the default messed up experiences that a trauma survivor goes through on regular bases, which helps separating the negative experiences from one’s self.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is incredible work! It validated everything that I was already thinking, feeling and gave a voice to it. Many thanks!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I appreciated the information on the ‘4 Fs’ It helped me understand my CPTSD so much better. I am buying the print version so I can read and study it…to absorb more than I can from just listening to it.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      1000% if not more. Best content with the best voiceover.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I believe this book just became my therapy bible. I am seriously considering purchasing the physical copy. Very very good book.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I'm going to listen to this again right away. Very revealing and profound book that gets to the root of the problem.
      If you have personal issues or someone you love, this book helps you to understand better and start healing.
    • 5/5
      I'm so thankful for this book. A big big help to understanding oneself suffering from cptsd
    • 5/5
      The book changed my life ,it made me to fight my chronic shame and inner critic and to start to love myself.
    • 5/5
      Every survivor of childhood trauma (whether physical or emotional) should read this book.
    • 5/5
      I am reading this book after decades of self help work, ceremony, gestalt therapy and tons of failure and mistakes and heartache. I finally now feel like the end of my suffering is nigh. Like I am really starting to feel freedom. I love this book; an amazing companion on the healing journey. I also enjoyed reading every one else's positive reviews... It's so comforting to know that I/we am not alone on this bumpy and beautiful healing journey, right?. I wish you all the best, whoever you are, reading this. You can do it. Keep going. ? Thanks Pete Walker!!!!
    • 5/5
      Simply incredible. It has help me understand myself and my psychological problems, and it has given me a clear map to recovery. By just listening to this book I have undergone a big transformation for the better. It’s going to be a close companion on my journey.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Really, really well written, engaging and insightful. Perfect balance, for me, of both professional and personal knowledge and experience.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I found the part on ‘angering’ and not being obliged to forgive your abusive parents particularly insightful. These are particularly hard for clients from a Chinese cultural background.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Revolutionary. The understanding of myself and my experience this book has given me has changed my life in the best way. Utilizing the tools taught in this book has helped me immeasurably in my recovery from a dangerous, abusive (narcissist) parent.

      4 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book has been life changing.. Im listening to it again, and will be journaling.. and printing the many steps, and references provided.. Thank you so much to the author.. God bless you for sharing your story, and taking the time for such a valuable life changing tool...

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Completely astonishing, life changing, eye opening book providing explanation and understanding of who I am and how to change.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Life changed. Powerhouse book. Must read for people with any form of addiction, isolation habit, toxic family.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      In the journey from traumatic childhood to fully realized adult, this book is a travelers guide with complete routes and lots of details to experience along the way. It is so worthwhile to have a guide. My copy is tattered and smudged with notes.