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Originally Posted by A.n.g.e.l
Thank you all so much. He is in a mental hospital. I am trying to start putting my life back together but its very difficult. I want to be able to talk to a therapist. I have been to therapy several times but I freeze up, then feel humiliated and it almost makes it worse. I can't talk at all to the therapist. There are only a couple people in my life that I can talk to. Really only 1 friend that I have told about the abuse and its even hard for me to talk to her. I want to talk to her, but I still freeze up a lot. Whenever I am able to talk to her, I feel a ton of relief and I can sleep a little better. She is a great friend and I know I can trust her. Its just hard talking about it with someone I don't know or trust (therapist). I knew my friend for years before I reached out to her. I really do want to be able to talk to a therapist. I just can't figure out how to be able to. It is very frustrating for me.
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Angel
You do NOT have to talk about It. There are therapies that do NOT require to to talk about It. EMDR is one effective therapy for PTSD that does not require you to talk about It. brainspotting os another. You can also look for body centerd trauma therapies. Yoga is great for ptsd.
My good friend was treated as you were but in a different situation. We rhought talking about would help him get better. It made him worse.
Talk can retraumatise.
Your Medical doctors know your injuries. Ask them to refer you toood psychiatrist or therapist who.can work with.Severe frauma.
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Honor your instinct. Some.people need.to talk, like the words fly rom.their mouths. Some people do not want to.talk. dont force yourself. Especially people who have been forced should not feel.forced.in therapy.
A lot of what therapy is and how It works is a relationship with someone who accepts yo as you are, like a mother should, so you can love yourself. A lot of good therapy can happen without talking about trauma.
I hope it goes well for you. 32 is still young. You can recover from. ptsd and do a lot to heal physically. You can have a great life. I really hope you do.