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Old Jul 30, 2017, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Trace14 View Post
I don't know about the one on one. Don't know if I would be comfortable doing that with her just yet. I have thought about giving her what I have written about some of the main traumas, or what I thought were the main traumas. Doing the PE therapy has uncovered more, or maybe shown that there's more trauma associated with the one trauma. Kind of hard to explain. It's frustrating to know that so much trauma has occurred and that I had it stowed away for so long and that this one event caused all of that to roll out of the closet. I am a hoarder so maybe I do the same thing with trauma. Except trauma is not something I would pick up to save, or even pick up. I guess in my life I didn't identify events as being traumatic, just seemed to be normal life for me. Imagine my surprise to find out there were so many and now I can't get them back in the closet to leave me alone. It's like trying to get toothpaste back in the tube, messy.
This breaks my heart for you. I think you explained very well and your frustration is very well placed. I don't understand why your PE therapy had to end when there is so much going on.

"I guess in my life I didn't identify events as being traumatic, just seemed to be normal life for me." - This. I could have written this myself. I completely get it.

I think it's a great idea to give her what you have written. Since you aren't comfortable just yet with possibly talking to her one on one, reading what you have written will help her understand you better and she'll know better how to help. I'm not sure how that group works, but I know you said it wasn't focused on trauma, do you talk at all? Or is it more like DBT and you just learn coping skills?
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