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Originally Posted by Fool Zero
As I see it, all you can ever process is whatever's there for you in the present. If you've been triggered then you experience for a while in the present whatever that brings up for you. If memories from the past do come up for you in the present, they're fair game for processing. If not, you could (if you're willing) do various things to invite them but I see no point in chasing after them before they've made themselves known.
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This makes so much sense - I never thought about it exactly this way before.
When I see T, we deal with whatever I feel "pushing" at me. If I'm triggered, or flashbacky, or whatever, we deal with the trauma stuff. If parenting is stressing me out, we deal with parenting stuff. If I'm anxious, we wonder why and talk about that. Etc, etc, etc.
I guess that's why I've never understood when people say "T says we'll start trauma processing next week". Now I understand why I don't understand that!
