Empowering Affirmations For The CPTSD Journey

Hello beloveds,

As someone with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder I know how tough the healing journey can be, and that is an understatement, tough doesn't begin to describe it. I have designed these affirmations as a reminder to you and to myself of how amazing we are.

Sometimes we just need to know that we are not in this alone. That wherever you are on your journey and however you feel, it is OK.

You are a brave soul for being on this path of healing, so please be kind and loving to yourself. Healing is not linear, and we are doing the best we can at all times.

This is the shorter version of my previous release, so that you can use this for sleep or deep relaxation. The affirmations are repeated, and it does not matter if you fall asleep, as your subconscious will still hear and integrate them as you sleep.

With gentle background music by Leigh Robinson of Natures Eye.

You are not alone. You are loved.

Transcript

Hello dear ones and welcome to today's session. Affirmations for those with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. As someone with complex PTSD, I know how difficult this journey can be at times. And so I have created these affirmations just to remind you of how amazing you are. So just taking a few moments to settle yourself into the space. Maybe taking some deeper inhales and allowing the exhale to be longer than the inhale. Signaling to the nervous system that it's okay to relax. You are safe. You can repeat the affirmations after me, Silently or out loud. Or you can just listen to me speaking them to you. You are at choice. You are here and that is enough. You made it through everything in life. You are still here. And I'm so glad to have you here. Taking another deep breath. Letting your body know it is safe right now. In this moment. In this space. And we will begin. I am not broken. I am adaptive. I am not broken. I am adaptive. My nervous system learned survival. That was intelligent. That was brave. My nervous system learned survival. That was intelligent. That was brave. My body has been trying to protect me. Even when it felt like it was working against me. It was trying to keep me safe. My body has been trying to protect me. Even when it felt like it was working against me. It was trying to keep me safe. I am allowed to feel sensations in my body without being overwhelmed by them. I can notice them without being swept away. I am allowed to feel sensations in my body without being overwhelmed by them. I can notice them without being swept away. My body deserves gentleness. I am learning to offer it that. My body deserves gentleness. I am learning to offer it that. I am safe in my body right now. Right here. Right now. I am safe in my body right now. Right here. Right now. What happened to me was not my fault. What happened to me was not my fault. I was not too much. I was not too little. I was not the cause of someone else's pain or cruelty or absence. I was not too much. I was not too little. I was not the cause of someone else's pain or cruelty or absence. I was a person who needed safety and care. I deserved that. I still deserve that. I was a person who needed safety and care. I deserved that. I still deserve that. The shame I carry does not belong to me. I am allowed to put it down. The shame I carry does not belong to me. I am allowed to put it down. I did what I had to do to survive. That took immense courage, Even when it didn't feel like it. I did what I had to do to survive. That took immense courage, Even when it didn't feel like it. My healing does not have to look like anyone else's. There is no timeline I am failing to meet. My healing does not have to look like anyone else's. There is no timeline I am failing to meet. Some days will be harder than others. Hard days are not evidence that I am not healing. They are part of healing. Some days will be harder than others. Hard days are not evidence that I am not healing. They are part of healing. I am allowed to have needs. I am allowed to have limits. I am allowed to say, This is too much for me right now. I am allowed to have needs. I am allowed to have limits. I am allowed to say, This is too much for me right now. I am allowed to take time before trusting someone. Portion is not damage. It is wisdom. I am allowed to take time before trusting someone. Portion is not damage. It is wisdom. I am learning to tell the difference between danger and discomfort, Between the past and the present, Between then and now. I am learning to tell the difference between danger and discomfort, Between the past and the present, Between then and now. I deserve relationships where I feel safe. Where I am not made to feel small. Where my needs are not treated as burdens. I deserve relationships where I feel safe. Where I am not made to feel small. Where my needs are not treated as burdens. I am learning what safety feels like. And I am allowed to want it. I am learning what safety feels like. And I am allowed to want it. When I fawn, Freeze, Flee or fight, I am not weak, I am human. When I fawn, Freeze, Flee or fight, I am not weak, I am human. I am learning new ways to respond, Slowly, At my own pace. I am learning new ways to respond, Slowly, At my own pace. To the younger version of me, Who had to grow up too fast, I see you, I am here now. To the younger version of me, Who had to grow up too fast, I see you, I am here now. You did not deserve what happened. You were not too sensitive. You were not too needy. You were a child, Who needed love and protection. You did not deserve what happened. You were not too sensitive. You were not too needy. You were a child, Who needed love and protection. I am here now. I am learning to take care of us both. I am here now. I am learning to take care of us both. I am allowed to take up space. My voice matters. I am allowed to take up space. My voice matters. I am allowed to change my mind, To leave situations that hurt me, To ask for what I need. I am allowed to change my mind, To leave situations that hurt me, To ask for what I need. I am not too much for the right people. I am not too much for the right people. I am worthy of my own compassion. I am worthy of my own compassion. I am allowed to rest. Rest is not laziness. For someone who has been running from danger for so long, Rest is radical. Rest is healing. I am allowed to rest. Rest is not laziness. For someone who has been running from danger for so long, Rest is radical. Rest is healing. Today, I choose to be gentle with myself. Today, I choose to be gentle with myself. I am still here. I am still here. I am not alone. I am not alone in this. Others have walked this path and found their way back to themselves. I am not alone in this. Others have walked this path and found their way back to themselves. I am here. I am enough. I am here. I am enough. I am enough.