Posted by Happyflower on April 21, 2008, at 18:54:33
In reply to well, i went to therapy and we worked it out, posted by seldomseen on April 21, 2008, at 16:41:45
Hi Seldom,
I am so glad you are able to go twice a week right now. Plus good for you for telling him what you needed, and getting it. Asking for help can be hard, but you did it.
I just read your story above about the accident and how 3 weeks later you started to have these really bad nightmares. Has your T said you have PTSD? Your symptoms are the very classic example of it.
The trauma of the accident triggered those same frightened out of control feelings of your abuse, because they felt simular to your body. Your body reacts, sometimes a delayed onset of PTSD. It all makes sense to me, and what I see is what happened to me, although different circumstances, but still the same level of trauma.All the depression and anxiety, anger, and stuff sounds like reactions to the events, even many years later.
You don't have to mentally remember what happened to you for you body to remember.
All I do know it that it feels awful. It makes me angry that people like you who is so kind and generous, has to suffer because some people in this world are abusive. It makes me sad too.I hope your T has a plan of action for you. I know desensitization is tough, no matter how he does it. EMDR makes it a little easier, but even that is hard too.
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