![]() ![]() Non-survivors are welcome to read, but may not join or participate at OOTS. A diagnosis of Complex PTSD is not required to join, anyone is welcome who has a history of ongoing abuse/neglect. While most members here endured abuse/neglect in their childhoods, survivors of relational trauma that began in adulthood are also welcome in this community. Out of the Storm (OOTS) is a free and anonymous community of English speaking adults suffering from the symptoms of Complex PTSD due to repeated/prolonged relational trauma (i.e., sexual/physical/emotional abuse or neglect). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror. Mirrored in the actions of others, the survivor recognizes and reclaims a lost part of herself. Something in herself that the victim believes to be irretrievably destroyed-faith, decency, courage-is reawakened by an example of common altruism. Repeatedly in the testimony of survivors there comes a moment when a sense of connection is restored by another person’s unaffected display of generosity. Trauma dehumanizes the victim the group restores her humanity. Trauma degrades the victim the group exalts her. Trauma shames and stigmatizes the group bears witness and affirms. Trauma isolates the group re-creates a sense of belonging. The solidarity of a group provides the strongest protection against terror and despair, and the strongest antidote to traumatic experience. ![]() Those who have survived learn that their sense of self, of worth, of humanity, depends upon a feeling of connection with others. Traumatic events destroy the sustaining bonds between individual and community. ![]()
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