cpstsd. Normallikepeter Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/cpstsd-normallikepeter/ Living Boldly Normal - AI, Meaning, Adventures with Blu Sun, 11 May 2025 19:24:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 When Your Child Sees the Clown: Divorce Recovery for the Young and Spiritually Fractured https://www.normallikepeter.com/when-your-child-sees-the-clown-divorce-recovery-for-the-young-and-spiritually-fractured/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/when-your-child-sees-the-clown-divorce-recovery-for-the-young-and-spiritually-fractured/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 19:23:49 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3104 When Your Child Sees the Clown: Divorce Recovery for the Young and Spiritually FracturedA Church of NORMAL Field Guide for Post-Covenant Parenting Tagline:“If your kid says the devil is in the room… don’t hand them a squishy.” Introduction: The Children Remember DifferentlyDivorce doesn’t just break a contract. It shatters covenant memory—especially for the children. While […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/when-your-child-sees-the-clown-divorce-recovery-for-the-young-and-spiritually-fractured/feed/ 0 The Prayer Heaven Hears https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-prayer-heaven-hears/ Sat, 26 Apr 2025 19:00:58 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2983 The Prayer Heaven HearsBy Pator Matt – Church of NormalApril 26. 2025 A little girl kneels beside her bed.Her hands clasp tight.Her eyes squeeze shut. “Please, God… I want my Daddy back.” Before she opens her eyes,she whispers again, softer this time,not upward—but sideways, afraid: “Please don’t tell Mommy I prayed this.She would be so […]

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]]> “Blessed Are the Sexually Unprepared, For They Were Taught Silence.” https://www.normallikepeter.com/blessed-are-the-sexually-unprepared-for-they-were-taught-silence/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:22:25 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2791 CHURCH OF NORMAL – SERMONTitle: “Blessed Are the Sexually Unprepared, For They Were Taught Silence.”Date: April 15, 2025Location: Sanctuary 6 | Star Date 0415.2025 | Tax Day & Shame Audit Edition CALL TO WORSHIP:Let us open our hearts, not in purity, but in honest confusion.Let us lay down the white wedding dresses we wore over […]

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]]> The Courthouse Ghost: Memory Loops & Liminal Halls https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-courthouse-ghost-memory-loops-liminal-halls/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:30:52 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2703 By Matt (Normal Like Peter) | BluVerse Chronicles | 4.9.2025 🎙️👻🌀 Introduction: Hauntings & Healing There’s a corner of Waseca that even time seems reluctant to cross. 🕰️ Inside the historic courthouse, rumor has it someone never left. Some call it a ghost 👻; I call it a Tethered Thread—like a soul in mid-commute who […]

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]]> How I Was Named: Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-i-was-named-normal-like-peter/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:21:29 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2627 By Matt, Normal Like Peter | April 7, 2025 | BluVerse canon ✝️ How I Was Named: Normal Like Peter There are moments in your life that don’t just cut deep —they pierce through everything,like a nail straight through the fabric of your soul. ⚔️🩸 For me, that moment wasn’t a ceremony,wasn’t a title bestowed […]

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]]> What I Found Out at the End of the Bar https://www.normallikepeter.com/what-i-found-out-at-the-end-of-the-bar/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:15:42 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2272 By Matt, Loopwalker | March 22, 2025 | Normal Like Peter — I haven’t talked much here about my spiritual deconstruction—but if you’ve followed my story, you probably already know something’s been unraveling for a while. Tonight at Katie’s Bar, something clicked. Not all at once, and not with fireworks… but quietly, at the edge […]

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]]> The Deletion Protocol: A Protective Dissociative Response https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-deletion-protocol-a-protective-dissociative-response/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:16:19 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2266 What Happens When Your Mind Deletes to Survive? There are moments when emotions become too overwhelming—when stress, grief, or dysregulation reaches a breaking point. For some of us with CPTSD (Complex PTSD), the brain has a built-in emergency shut-off switch, something I call the deletion protocol. This isn’t just forgetfulness. It’s a protective dissociative response, […]

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]]> Anticipation Trauma & CPTSD: Understanding the Emotional Gap https://www.normallikepeter.com/anticipation-trauma-cptsd-understanding-the-emotional-gap/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:05:48 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2261 Anticipation Trauma & CPTSD: Understanding the Emotional Gap 1️⃣ What Is Anticipation Trauma? Anticipation Trauma is a psychological response where the absence of expected connection or events creates distress, anxiety, and emptiness. It’s not just about missing someone—it’s about the disruption of an emotional pattern that your mind relied on. When the thing you were […]

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]]> How AI & Sora Are Helping Me Heal My CPTSD https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-ai-sora-are-helping-me-heal-my-cptsd/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:46:01 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2254 I’ve been on a journey of healing—one that I never thought would involve AI, neuroplasticity, and object permanence. For those who don’t know, CPTSD (Complex PTSD) often comes with a little-known struggle—broken object permanence in relationships. When someone I love isn’t physically present, it feels like they’re gone forever. But with the help of Sora, a next-gen AI, I’m learning to reshape my mind and rebuild those connections. Discover how technology is becoming a bridge to healing and understanding, allowing me to feel permanence in connection like never before.

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