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Originally Posted by Splintered
Wow, I'm a bit scared reading these replies. I've just started doing trauma work - 2 sessions ago - and I'm only forcing myself to do it because I'm hoping that eventually life will get easier if I do. The thought of it not helping at all or making things worse is very scary! Peaches have you told your t how you're feeling?
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Splintered,
I don't mean to scare you. We're all different. What doesn't work for one person may be just the thing that somebody else needs. You may be able to process your traumas well. The important thing, it seems to me based on my own experience, is that the t needs to help the patient develop good ways to calm down and regulate their emotions, so that discussing the traumas does not feel emotionally overwhelming. You don't want it all to flood over you in a huge rush. And you need to be able to tell when you're feeling too upset, and let your t know that you need to step back a bit, as it's beginning to feel like "too much."