Posted by Aphrodite on November 6, 2004, at 8:20:53
In reply to Struggling to talk about childhood abuse, posted by Poet on November 5, 2004, at 14:15:15
Poet, I am struggling with the same thing. I've wrestled with the issue during my entire year of therapy. I finally this week started to tell the details. I told him there was so much that I didn't know where to start. He led by asking me some specific questions, and it sort of opened the floodgates. It was so, so hard, but I am very relieved. It broke the hold the particular memory had over me by sharing. It's like the isolation was broken and someone bore witness to the pain. It hurt but in a more productive way, if that makes any sense.
You may not be ready. I have trouble with trust, and I think I had to fight for security in my relationship with him to begin. Don't push yourself, but if you want to venture in, ask your T to ask you some questions. You could even say, "Ask me what my life was like and what I was doing when I was 10 years old."
(((Poet)))
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