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Old Apr 20, 2010, 08:50 AM
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I'm going to respond to solarwind's post--

I;m still in therapy years later after trauma work. Same therapist. The ten weeks of trauma work does not mean nothing else gets processed and that everything is fixed. The trauma work, for me, was about talking about what happened, the facts of what happened over and over in order to get exposure to the event. After my trauma happened, i never talked about it with anyone, and spent years trying to push it out of my mind. Flashbacks and body memories are a way of the body to say "it's still here!!, it happened, you can't deny it!" Once it's out, internally and externally, it can be processed, felt (expression of feelings verbally, etc) I still talk about my trauma, but i am not triggered in the same way. I can talk freely and not have aflashback, or relive it as if it was happeneing right now. I've been able to put it to rest for the most part and move past it.