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How trauma support groups handle one member's overwhelming needs

Three of us who met in trauma therapy have been meeting monthly for two years to process our C-PTSD stuff together but lately one person dominates every conversation with crisis after crisis and the rest of us feel guilty for wanting boundaries but also exhausted.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A peer support structure is being tested by the reality that healing happens at different paces and some wounds demand more space than others.

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“Where Are You with Complex trauma — C-PTSD?”

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