Flight types relentlessly flee the inner pain of their abandonment with the symbolic flight of busyness”. “As children, flight types variably respond on a continuum from …. They rush as much in thought (obsession) as they do in action (compulsion). Walker describes the trauma survivor who has adapted the flight strategy as “Driven by the unconscious belief that perfection will make them safe and lovable. The four ‘survival strategies’ are: Fight Flight Freeze Fawn In his excellent, practical guide for those recovering from C-PTSD, Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, Walker explains that individuals typically develop one of four ‘survival strategies’ to “prevent, escape from or ameliorate further traumatization”. According to Walker, C-PTSD is “delineated from PTSD by five common and troublesome features”: emotional flashbacks, a vicious inner critic, social anxiety, toxic shame and self abandonment. Walker states that C-PTSD is a severe condition and less well known than Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Psychotherapist Pete Walker identifies that childhood trauma, when severe enough, commonly leads to the development of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). In other words, you don’t have to have been beaten or molested to have experienced abuse and trauma that has affected your psychological development. OCD as a flight response to trauma - ‘running’ away from feelings by thinking and doing excessively Childhood trauma can include both abuse and neglect - in other words, both things that happened (such as physical, sexual or verbal abuse, or combinations of) and things that did not happen (such as love, kindness, care, valuing, concern).
Additionally, last year I read a psychotherapist’s theory on how OCD may develop that resonated with me. Yet in working on my recovery from OCD using a wide variety of tools, I’ve come to understand how events in my early life may have contributed to the development of OCD. Not everyone affected by OCD will have experienced childhood trauma.įirst of all, I’m a Nutritionist - not a Psychologist. This article touches on the topics covered in chapter 10 of my ebook: the role of trauma in OCD.īefore we go further, I’d like to say - the information in this article won’t be relevant for all of you. It’s available in Kindle and pdf formats at my website,, and at Amazon. This led to me studying to become a nutritionist, and eventually writing my ebook, Nutrition for Your OCD Recovery. Nutrition was one of the tools that helped most. After finally deciding enough was enough and committing to working on all aspects of my mental and physical health in my early 30s, I experienced 80–90% reduction in my symptoms of OCD. It eventually became so debilitating that leaving my house became a struggle. I lived with moderate to severe OCD for 20 years.
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