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I relate to this as well. I can not un-trigger myself. I have always needed someone else to talk me down off the cliff and it has always been a therapist.
I have tried all their tools. Container, imagining putting the inner child to bed, safe space imagery. It is all bull crap. I just hang on for dear life and wait for it to pass. It does pass but it takes time and I am not my best functioning adult during it.
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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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