MAYA QUARTZ’s Reviews > Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving > Status Update
MAYA QUARTZ
is 5% done
"Her hope is that if she can become flawless enough, her parents will finally care for her. Sadly, continued failure at winning their regard forces her to conclude that she is fatally flawed. She is unloved, not because of her mistakes, but because she is a mistake... Anything she does, says, thinks, imagines, or feels has the potential to spiral her down into a depressed abyss of fear and toxic shame."
— Mar 17, 2025 01:25PM
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MAYA QUARTZ
is 10% done
"As disappointing as it might be, as much as we may want to deny it, and as much as it causes us ongoing frustration in life, and as much as we were raised and continue to be reinforced to try to pick and control our feelings, they are still, by definition of the human condition, largely outside the province of our wills."
— Mar 19, 2025 07:01AM
