This quilt is meant to represent complex post-traumatic stress (not a formal diagnosis yet). C-PTSD can result from experiencing chronic trauma, such as prolonged child abuse or domestic violence, which can also be referred to as relational or intergenerational trauma (transmission from previous generations of the family). It’s closely related to PTSD and can be connected with borderline personality disorder. I also believe that this is where depression lives, whether it be due to trauma, grief & loss, or other compounded mental health symptoms.

What to look for:  The improvisationally pieced nature and colors of this mini quilt are meant to represent the painful nature of this diagnosis. The quilting is meant to look like childhood doodles but also are showing the 'spiderweb' effect of how trauma can transmit across generations, connected within and beneath.

Book recommendation(s):  These books are not meant to replace medical intervention and/or skilled therapy.

Tapping In: A Step-by-Step Guide to Activating Your Healing Resources Through Bilateral Stimulation. https://a.co/d/aI7kA8u

The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole https://a.co/d/31kopNL

Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents: How to Heal, Cultivate Emotional Resilience, and Build the Life and Love You Deserve https://a.co/d/d7EqdGO

Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole https://a.co/d/6PF4JGz

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation https://a.co/d/exKT6qf

Learn more:  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24881-cptsd-complex-ptsd