The Complex PTSD Workbook: Overcome Shame, Hypervigilance, Flashbacks, and Trauma Patterns Through Step-by-Step Healing Exercises - Hardcover

by Rachel Singer (Author)

Do you ever react with panic, shutdown, or self-criticism and have no idea why?

Do you feel like your body is still bracing for something that happened years ago?

Do you keep "functioning" on the outside while feeling overwhelmed on the inside?

If these patterns feel familiar, you're not imagining them, your nervous system is still working in survival mode.

According to the CDC-Kaiser Permanente ACE Study, nearly two-thirds of adults report at least one adverse childhood experience.

Hypervigilance, emotional flashbacks, freeze responses, and self-criticism are not personality flaws, they're survival patterns your body never had a chance to update.

Inside:

• Understand the 4 mechanisms through which childhood trauma reshapes your brain
• Decode your body's signals using a simple, judgment-free mapping method
• Identify your top 3 emotional flashback patterns before they take over
• Apply a 13-step protocol that short-circuits a flashback in real time
• Build a compact first-aid kit for panic, dissociation, and overwhelm
• Dismantle the inner critic using targeted counter-scripts
• Spot the exact moment where self-reflection turns into shame
• Release stored shame with practical somatic cues
• Reduce hypervigilance by training your social tolerance window
• Interrupt constant scanning with micro-interventions you can use anywhere
• Shift out of freeze using 3 movement-based reset techniques
• Recognize dissociation early with fast, reliable indicators
• Ground yourself in seconds with no-nonsense sensory anchors
• Access healthy anger and convert it into clean, firm boundaries
• Practice trauma-safe self-compassion through 3 daily pillars
• Understand your attachment style to reduce relationship reactivity
• Communicate needs with low-conflict scripts that prevent escalation
• Set boundaries without guilt using simple, enforceable steps
• Protect your energy with clear limits that don't provoke backlash

If you want your daily life to stop feeling like a constant fight with your own body, this is where the shift begins.