Posted by lola_2 on March 4, 2011, at 18:43:28
In reply to Re: the therapy process, posted by B2Chica on March 4, 2011, at 8:59:40
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> you need to talk about it long enough so that it becomes stationary in the front of your brain rather than burried. as it is the 'being burried' that causes so many physical symptoms.
>That makes sense, but how do you establish whether its burried? For me, I remember everything. I can talk about it (with a lot of emotion and discomfort) to my therapist, but it comes to my mind a lot (prior to therapy), I have managed to keep it "burried" for years to move on. I am kind of struggling with whether I really need to be doing this.
> once you gain the skills to deal with them. Then you can look at either tapering off therapy, or using it as a maintenance thing (i.e.: going once a month or a couple times a year)
>That makes sense
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> i'm kinda at your place. i've gone over past over and over and sometimes i get a flashback that is new and i freak and need my T. but i'm learning now that there will always be some flashback that i haven't perfectly described to my T. and i need to learn to live productively around it. to NOT let it disrupt my life.
> honestly, i think the hospital outpatient program helped me figure that out better than therapy.
>How are you doing with it? I seem to be going through this prosess of needing to explain every detail, everything new I remember, I am finding it so intrusive. But did you find it helpful to go over the details again and again? How long would you say you did this for? weeks? months? longer?
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> and in my experience, there is nothing easy about therapy. it is Very hard work. and it usually gets worse before it gets better. BUT, it DOES get better.
Thanks, I will keep hopeful :), I know timelines are hard to give, but how long would you say it takes to get to the place where it starts feeling better? I feel so early on still, but Im not sure I am.
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> and if you need to skip around do it. i would talk to T and tell him/her that you need to address 'said' issue.Yeah, this is what Im having trouble with. I will bring this up.
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