I get overwhelmed with thoughts and images and it is a really hard thing to work through.

My journal helps me a lot. I journal unedited, meaning I just write what comes to me. The thoughts that I’m having and describe the images that are coming to me. Sometimes that helps me.

I also will write down what’s coming to me on a card, unedited, and put it in an envelope until I meet with my counselor again. I guess this helps me to mentally put it in timeout until I can deal with it.

They don’t work for me every time but that’s what I’ve found that works best for me.