First I would like to send very, very gentle (hugs) to you.. I am so sorry.....

For me, I bagged everything that night.. everything.. and it went in the dumpster...

I won't keep anything from my past.. that would even come close to the time of trauma.. like from when I was with my my ex-husband.. blankets.. sheets... bed..dishes.. pots.. fans.. anything in my household all replaced..

I just feel.. even if I am not consiously thinking about that time frame... that my sub-consious is.. and that it is harming me...after saying that... I have done therapy to get some peace.. by getting rid of "objects" from my past, I haven't ignored or denied my pain.. I have acknowledged the pain... but choose to move on as best as I can.. day by day..

That is just what works for me...