The (Complex) PTSD Guy

When things trigger you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When a parent belittles their child. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Toxic parenting in relation to condescending people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Arguing with logical thinkers and Complex PTSD --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Overcoming learning difficulties in school. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

More coincidences --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

My "Cure for Boredom" is working for multiple symptoms of Complex PTSD. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How trying to be a peacemaker and middle man, is really a quick route to losing friends and being a nobody man. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How proving yourself in life is like climbing a totem pole, but is the top of the totem pole where you really want to be? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Do we have a higher likelihood of losing friends? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Overbearing people and Complex PTSD. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Abusers and holiday celebrations being neglected. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The problem with saying Never, it doesn't solve anything. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How the concept of being focused can be a draw for people with a stressful mind. This relates to cults. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The importance of saying you're sorry when you get mad about misunderstandings. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How listening and asking questions can be a remedy for preventing misunderstandings and Interpersonal Difficulties. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A few signs I've been seeing lately and finishing some things I've been putting off. I'm a big believer in timing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Dwelling vs Having Fun in life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Why being dependent is probably very typical for people with Complex PTSD, and how to be aware of where it's coming from. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When lacking boundaries leads to schizoid feelings. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The Middle Ground in regards to relationships. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Article about brain trauma. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Being specific about the type of verbal abuse you experienced. Mine was "Anger Talk". --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Stress and nutrition. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

An article about meditation that I actually am not fond of because it's making it way too complicated. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The importance of preventing situations where we feel trapped. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Why our mind shuts down in certain situations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I use a quick example of why it's important to make rational decisions. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A specific subject matter that helped me think less emotionally and, instead, think more rationally. This is very important for people with Complex PTSD. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Letting an arrogant person know that they too can be condescended to. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When you're being needy, and something that might help. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When condescending people are wrong. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Some organization tips for staying focused and lowering stress --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Something that I think is not true, that anyone can "drink responsibly". --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I had a few accomplishments today and I wanted to stress the importance of celebrating your accomplishments. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Something, I think, certain support groups, and coping strategies, are missing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

An interview I came across that brought up Complex PTSD --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How to see outbursts in a more nonjudgmental way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Some other points about how to look at your own life in a refreshing way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Seeing your world differently and not taking everything so seriously. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Some points about Betrayal in relation to Complex PTSD --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A few recent coincidences that I find really specific. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Book about sobriety and family dynamics. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Resilience building in regards to things that don't make sense. How I've lost the desire to figure things out that don't make sense, and that's a really good thing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Finding the Middle Ground in relationships. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Breaking the tendency to date the wrong people for the wrong reasons. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Does enabling, spoiling others, and being in denial tend to go hand-in-hand with being condescending? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A few notes about activities that help calm down your environment --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Current events --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Just a few points about this podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Trauma and coping mechanisms --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When feelings of entitlement (stemming from being spoiled) lead to thoughts of self-harm. And knowing where your depression is coming from. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How narcissists waste their own time, due to their narcissist defect. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Four book recommendations from books I've personally read, that I think help people think more rationally. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A follow-up to my recent episode about antagonizing people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I give 5 scenarios where our PTSD brain might cause narrow-minded thinking and why that Middle Ground is so important. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How I think cults can easily be like compounds for creating Complex PTSD --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Unexpected events in relation to thinking more rationally --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Engaging with the Middle Ground. It's one of the hardest things for us to do with Complex PTSD. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Having similar qualities as your abuser doesn't mean you are also abusive --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A personal revelation I came into this week and why situations that don't make sense are like a crime I must solve. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How me being spoiled plays a role in my relationships as an adult --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How our mental maturity in childhood might impact our trauma level. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How trauma can make us more prone to certain things --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How growing up in trauma can make us prone to being negative. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The important role we play in accepting positive feedback --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Are we prone to dating people who "pull a fast one" on us? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How to handle antagonizing people --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Are you getting your identity from media influences? I used to be influenced in this way, and I provide a possible remedy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I read a book about deconstructing concepts and I wanted to share a little rant about it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Aggressive vs Assertive and healthy boundaries --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Having a trigger related to when information is intentionally being hidden from you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How being abused and spoiled in your youth can impact your view of being in a relationship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Find a Fan Club and enjoy the hell out of it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Complex abuse is just that, it's Complex. Were you abused while simultaneously being spoiled, like I was? Also, find your Fan Club, it's liberating! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Are you spoiled too? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Importance of taking a vacation, or simply doing something fun for yourself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A book I recommend for when you feel hopeless. The Novel Cure, by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I finally figured something out that I had wondered about for years. It is somewhat off topic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How keeping a journal on the crazymaker in your life might help with stress. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A possible remedy for feelings of depersonalization. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The power of satire if you grow up in an ignorant environment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

The concept of "Worlds colliding" and how to cope with this. Also some tips related to my hobby of coin collecting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When depression sucks up all the attention and blurs what's really going on. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

When someone catches you out --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How isolating can be the invisible culprit that is keeping you single. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I describe a few typical scenarios that lead to feelings of incompetence, and some possible solutions for them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Do you tend to think the worst and be impulsive? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

An article about why relationships fail and how it might be related to your trauma. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Why people from trauma attract overbearing people. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Value, in the form of a hobby, is helping me appreciate money. This might be a telltale sign of what's going on with my overspending. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

What I decided to do in response to someone's behavior not making sense. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I just read something that might be a big clue as to why my "Cure for Boredom" is working so well. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Does having a monotone voice relate to severe depression? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

A few key points about despair that we might not think about when we are feeling despair. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Celebrating your accomplishments and how neglect can deprive you of this. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

How stress on the brain plays a key role when we're distracted and feel drained of energy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

I came across a story regarding a topic I had researched back in December. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support

Self-criticism can be your worst enemy, and even more so than you might realize. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-allen-belzer/support