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Originally Posted by Brown Owl
I've read all these posts with interests. I'm wondering if anyone is going through the same as me - I'm not so much talking about my childhood as re-experiencing my feelings all over again at a really great intensity. It's not very pleasant, and hard to bear.
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Yes, all of the time. I don't even remember hardly anything about my childhood before age 11 or 12, but T and I figure out the story from the intense emotional memories. They are so real. Even infant feeling states.
You are definitely not alone.
I never thought of it as PTSD like Leah mentioned.
Petra5d, that is a tough question. I don't think there's any one right answer that applies to all--it is very individual. I can tell you though that most of my therapy is about the transference relationship, and the re-experiencing that comes with it. So our discussions are less about the past, and more about feelings generated by the therapy relationship.