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Yes we did containment today. Always have had trouble doing containment but he saw I was shifting in session (I have clear signs, light sensitivity, pressure on the right side of my head and right eye, feel like I want to go to sleep) and so he walked me through, step by step, asked me to take that pressure feeling in my head, put it in the container, seal it, walk it to the garbage and watch the garbage men take it away.
Very weird how it dissipated. Everything lightened up. It does not work like that out of session I have tried.
You talk like you did IFS. I have experience with IFS and have explained to him my firefighters and managers and exiles.
Anyway he has gone after my Bulimic part. Amazing that I have not been Bulimic in 3 weeks with no sign of it. I do not know when or how he got that to go away. He said we gave that part a voice and it was heard. I do not remember giving it a voice but whatever I am glad that is gone. Phew....20 years of dealing with that crap.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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