Posted by Daisym on November 26, 2006, at 23:22:53
In reply to Body/Tissue Memory **csa** (trigger), posted by happykat on November 26, 2006, at 19:26:03
This is actually a pretty common thing, especially if you let yourself really go back and feel the feelings. The hard part for me is feeling the arousal in my body even though my mind is horrified and terrified. It makes me "leave" my body and find a safe place on the ceiling.
Worse - my therapist knows me well enough now to figure out that I'm having a body response. Sometimes it is a weight on my chest or my thighs hurt, but other times it is pain in very private parts. I wiggle my foot, cross my legs, curl up on the couch and almost always clutch a pillow. He wants me to tell him what I'm feeling, which is hard to talk about, but suppressing it makes it worse.
Were you able to talk about what you were feeing with your therapist? I think the touch part would provoke a strong response from me too.
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