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Old Feb 17, 2017, 03:28 PM
Anonymous37915
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Originally Posted by Luce View Post
I dunno... I guess I reckon you don't have to process every trauma. If we spent time doing that we'd run out of lifetime.
I don't think that every one can be processed when there's been prolonged trauma.The way my T explained it was you work through them as they come up in therapy,the ones that are most troubling will come up as therapy progresses.Instead of digging for memories or traumas,deal with what comes up.And that once the biggest most troubling ones are processed that many times that takes care of the smaller ones too.Like if a very troubling SA trauma comes up then working through it might take care of the lesser instances of SA.Same with violence,neglect,emotional and verbal abuse,etc. That hasn't always been the way it has worked though and many of the lesser ones have needed processing too.

I have only worked on whatever comes up.I haven't purposely chosen them or searched for them or anything.The ones I think I have finished processing just randomly pop in my mind sometimes and I start thinking about them,analyzing them,etc.

You said you don't want to be able to talk about the traumas.How do you do therapy without doing that?Is that your choice or your T's?

Thanks for replying.