I feel this, though instead of analyzing the situations I just watch them happen and emotionally detach myself from it. It leads to me sounding like I don't care about what happened to me and sounding almost nonchalant about it, though that's not the case. It hurt me, but I've numbed the emotions for so long because it's my only option to keep myself from going off the deep end, and since I've been doing it for so long it's a bit hard to break out of.
My therapist today seemed to struggle with believing me when I told her because I sounded so distant from it, and I wasn't displaying any emotion other than anxiety. She stared at me almost suspiciously before insisting that she talk to my other therapist, and I fear she's going to be asking him and actively looking for any possible inconsistencies in my story (despite the fact that details CAN be fuzzy with PTSD) to call me out on "lying" about something so serious.
Being numb hurts more than it helps for me, because since I never told anyone until now and I'm not breaking down in tears when I talk about it or hear about it, no one seems to believe me.
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