I am a survivor of childhood incest. All my life I have dealt with the random flashbacks but somehow was able to cope through them. Lately, the flashbacks have become almost constantly triggered and I don't know what to do with them. Do I ride them out? Do I give in to the dissociation? Do I try to work through them?
I try journal them out, I try to distract myself...it doesn't seem to be working, the flashbacks keep intruding and I am getting overwhelmed and hopeless. I am scheduled to see my therapist a month from now and trying to find coping skills to get me through until then.
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"What do you fear, lady?" he asked.
"A cage," she said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire."
The Lord of the Rings
Aragorn and Lady Éowyn, Chapter 'The Passing of the Grey Company'.
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