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Originally Posted by Asiablue
Is therapy always the answer to dealing with childhood trauma do you think? Are there other ways, other things that I could do that would help?
I am on a break from therapy after a pretty big rupture and I have found that in absence of therapy I am not nearly as worked up and anxious. Something about therapy and the attachment to my therapist really gets me worked up and scared. Sometimes I wonder what I'm putting myself through this for?And is therapy really the best way forward for me? Maybe I'm just not suited to it. Maybe I just need to find acceptance for the way I am and work within my limitations. Maybe I just need to accept that some damage was done and it shaped who I am today.
Sometimes it feels like I am constantly picking at a wound that needs to be left alone. I have been such a believer in therapy being the thing that's going to finally help me. And maybe if I stick at it, it will. But the turbulence of the process; the aching sadness and never ending highs and lows of it all just make me wonder if there's an alternative to therapy. I read somewhere today about yoga helping with trauma responses in the body. Ive read before other therapies like cranial sacral or other body therapies help too. I wonder if they can help on their own without also having therapy.
Anyone have any insight into finding healing through other methods?
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Sorry for your childhood trauma experiences.
As far as therapy being always the answer, in my opinion it never is the ONLY answer. Psychotherapy is a fairly new invention, a new method. But abuse and trauma go back the whole of human history. So there are many methods to consider, like yoga, that you did mention. And if you do want to stay with therapy, there are many different kinds of therapy, some of which focus on here and now and don't keep "picking at a wound that needs to be left alone."
Only issue I would mention is that make sure you're not leaving therapy at an important point, for two reasons. One, you may be more vulnerable so try to get closure of some sort and feel better before leaving. Two, you may actually be moving in the right direction despite frustrations you are experiencing and maybe things will get better after this. But all of it depends on what you know better, about the kind of therapy you getting and how long you been in therapy and what sorts of results you've got. It may be that this has worked as much it could have and just time to say goodbye...