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Old May 29, 2010, 06:20 PM
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Ok fellow survivors... I just read something that is WONDERFUL!

http://www.kalimunro.com/article_survivor_memories.html

This explains HOW we can trust what we FEEL happened to us.
A big part of my healing journey has been working through the intense denial of what occured in my past. Many times in therapy I experienced an alter bring forward a fresh memory in the form of a flashback. It would temporarily de-rail me because the emotions and body memories would be so intense - but I could not logically remember the detail at all. So I questioned my own memories and such. My T would always remind me to feel my body and pay attention to what it was telling me. There was no way I could "fake" a false body memory at a subconscious level. The body memories were very much real.

It took a lot of work for me to be able to trust those body memories over my own "solid" memory. Now that I read this article, it makes so much more sense to me! I hope that maybe some of you who are going through your trauma healing will take the time to read this.
Thanks for this!
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