Dr Mariam Majid

04/10/2022

Injured, not broken: Why it’s so hard to know you have CPTSD

When a child experiences neglect, anxiety, or danger repeatedly in a close relationship, that child often grows up with a sense that they are not okay. Psychology has a name for the long-term, consistent type of trauma that leaves a person feeling insecure, overwhelmed and unsafe in the world: complex post-traumatic stress disorder, or CPTSD.

When a child experiences neglect, anxiety, or danger repeatedly in a close relationship, that child often grows up with a sense that they are not okay. Psychology has a name for the long-term, consistent type of trauma that leaves a person feeling insecure, overwhelmed and unsafe in the world: compl...

02/09/2022

My name is Dr Mariam Majid 😀 and I have over 20 years’ experience of working as a Clinical Psychologist in Newcastle in the NHS.

I am a registered Clinical Psychologist in Newcastle with The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), accredited as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and an EMDR practitioner with EMDR UK & Europe.

02/09/2022

TRUST IS BUILT
‘Trust me,’ says the therapist.
And everything in me wants to curl up and away, disappear some place in my head, and never come back.

‘Trust me,’ says the therapist. And everything in me wants to curl up and away, disappear some place in my head, and never come back. It is an understatement to say it, but those two words are a massive trigger. Because ‘Trust me’ said several of my abusers. ‘Trust me’ is the implicit me...

02/09/2022