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Originally Posted by elliemay
I've never done trauma work per se. In fact, I'm not even sure what that is. My story came out in bits and bits, and we spend a lot of time focusing on now.
I can't remember a single session where all we did was talk about the past and what happened to me.
It's just a tool to help me understand where I am right now. It was all so gradual.
That doesn't mean that there weren't times in therapy when I was miserable - there certainly were, but I never felt re-traumatized. Quite the opposite actually. De-traumatized might be a better term.
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Hi Elliemay,
I'm glad your therapist's approach works for you. I definitely think i need to tell my t that we need *more* focus on the positive aspects of my life and *more* focus on relaxation and coping techniques. . .and *less* time on discussing traumatic incidents. I just get so freaked out by my own psyche. . .delving into the pain freaks me out too much and makes me unstable. It's like I'm *too* affected by what's going on in my subconscious or unconscious -- sometimes my mind and body freak out about things without me having any kind of clear memory at all. . .i will just suddenly feel terribly afraid or anxious and not know why. My blood pressure also shoots up when i get too stressed. I normally have low blood pressure: 115/74. But when i get too worked up, it easily goes to 160/95.
I hate to admit it. . .I'm a spaz.
