If you've been researching your symptoms and stumbled across the term "Complex PTSD," you're not alone. Searches for Complex PTSD have grown dramatically in recent years — driven, in part, by people who recognized themselves in descriptions that standard PTSD accounts didn't quite capture. Complex PTSD is real. It is clinically recognized. It is distinct from — though related to — PTSD. And it is treatable. This post will explain what Complex PTSD is, how it differs from PTSD

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