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Originally Posted by WibblyWobbly
Newfie, it could be that you are doing what I did and emotionally dissociating from your trauma. I numbed myself for over 10 years and now I am getting flooded with memories and feelings. For therapy to be effective you have to be connected to the emotions that you felt around the trauma. If you're just reporting what happened to you, sure, therapy will feel pointless.
If you think this is what is happening I encourage you to let a therapist know. Numbing, for me, had horrible consequences. I got to where I had no emotions, good or bad, just a horrible, gnawing emptiness punctuated by moments of rage. I became suicidal and was hospitalized multiple times.
If you feel like you processed all your trauma, great. If you know you didn't, don't let what happened to me happen to you. I lost all my good relationships because of it.
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Thanks all for sharing. I have recently been diagnosed, having learned to disassociate from the events then this year it all fell apart. I have experienced many of what you all have shared and it is so helpful to know I am not alone but makes me sad you have all dealt with it too! I have aksed my T if the numbing and disassociation made me fall apart worse and she side steps the answer but I suspect it has. It is hell because everything is fine and then it all crumbles when you least expect it and sometime I don't know the trigger. I go through that same cycle, it wasnt that bad.... that never helps me.
