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Old Sep 14, 2014, 02:18 PM
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I'll check that out. I subscribe to Tricycle so watch stuff of theirs. And a mod posted a really good talk about how to be your own therapist that had reactivity as a topic in the Other Treatments section.

Both my shrink and the covering shrink while he is away have suggested meditation. I have started up my practice again. Thing is, when I am upset to the point that there is hyperarousal and I feel like I'm in a swirl it is very very difficult to meditate. If I try, usually the feelings are magnified. I can use mindfulness in an activity though. And I started taking Tai Chi classes to learn a more active way to have a kind of moving meditation.

Perhaps also working on the edges of the remaining PTSD in therapy would also help since I think that is contributing. My shrink said that anyone would have been upset in my situation. And I tried to manage it in healthy ways. Still…I would like to not be thrown off as much.
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Thanks for this!
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