Posted by kerria on January 19, 2006, at 6:08:59
In reply to {sigh} I don't want to have been traumatized!, posted by Racer on January 10, 2006, at 14:41:30
Hi Racer,
Identifying with the past is the thing that's so difficult. We don't do it. It feels better to have therapy as something to go to for an hour or two a week and put it down to never have anything to do with us. i don't want to be a survivor and never think i am one. Even going to therapy is weird- i look at the 'trauma disorders program' sign on my T's door and think 'why should i be here?'
Having DD - is so strange to have. i wonder and worry if therapy helps. It's so hard to know.
My T brings up the subject of trauma all the time and it's upsetting because being a survivor is something that i don't identify with. Probably it's not healthy to disown or ignore the parts that went through trauma so we go to therapy. That's not really why- i go because of the present trouble and symptoms, not the past. Is that how it is for you, also? It's upsetting though and it feels like one more overwhelming thing on top of all the rest of the present trouble to think about.
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