When Relaxing Feels Impossible: Healing from Complex PTSD

Summary

Ever find it hard to relax like your body doesn’t know how to come down from survival mode? You’re not alone!

In this solo episode, I’m wrapping up our Complex PTSD Series by sharing some additional final thoughts on what trauma has looked like in my own life, including:

- How trauma may contribute to early menopause

- Difficulty processing emotions

- The inability to relax

- Reflections on hypervigilance, numbness, and learning self-compassion

Hear practical ways to start reconnecting with your body and emotions safely.

You are not alone! Healing, peace, and self-trust are absolutely possible.

Resources

• Articles: Research on PTSD and early menopause among women veterans plus one other. (Read Here and Here Exploring the Possible Link Between PTSD and Early Menopause.)

• Episode with Britt Frank, LSCSW, SEP
  – Therapist and author ofThe Science of Stuck

• Episode with Catherine Lucy, LMFT
  – Therapist specializing in trauma recovery and self-compassion

• Take my free Intuition Quiz on my website!

• Connect with Mandi:

  • Website: MandiPratt.com

  • Instagram: @WomenAwareAndPrepared

  • LinkedIn: Mandi Pratt

The primary purpose of the Women Aware and Prepared Podcast is to educate and inform. This podcast series does not constitute advice or services. Please use common sense for your own situation.