The first time I was in therapy with current T, I talked about many painful things, but there was one thing I never mentioned. I couldn’t. It was too hard. When I returned to therapy, I knew it was time to tell my T. I couldn’t ignore it any longer. I just wasn’t prepared for, nor expecting, the enormous waves of emotions that grabbed me by my feet and nearly drowned me. Guess now I knew why it took me so long to get ready for it. It’s been so rough lately, I’m having the hardest times. I know I have to work through it, but it’s very hard when everything I’ve worked so hard for the first time in therapy, almost gets knocked down and overruled.

The feelings that scare me the most, are the hurt and feeling unsafe. It’s terrible to feel so unsafe again and I don’t know what I can do to make me feel safe again. I’m going to talk to my T about it, but I was wondering what you do when you feel unsafe. Can you make yourself feel safer?