"The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grow up in houses that are not homes-- in families that are as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous. If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply ingrained in your mind, soul and body. This book is a practical, user-friendly self-help guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma, and to achieving a rich and fulfilling life"--Back cover.;Part I : An overview of recovering -- The journey of recovering from Cptsd -- Levels of recovering -- Improving relationships -- The progression of recovering -- Part II : The fine points of recovering -- What if I was never hit? -- What is my trauma type? -- Recovering from trauma-based codependency -- Managing emotional flashbacks -- Shrinking the inner critic -- Shrinking the outer critic -- Grieving -- The map : managing the abandonment -- A relational approach to healing abandonment -- Forgiveness : begin with the self -- Bibliotherapy and the community of books -- Self-help tools.