Hello.

I like my therapist very much. I have been seeing him for over two years. It took me a long time to be able to trust him because I have trouble trusting anyone, but he overcame that barrier.

He helped me trace my problems to early traumatization by my parents, and he went from one methodology to another to try to deliver his promise that we could work through the traumas and I could heal from them and thereby help move toward better mental health.

However, none of his methods worked and he finally suggested that we “forget” them and try positive thinking techniques.

The problem is that I am now constantly reliving these traumas and feel terribly depressed. I can’t stop thinking about them and I have developed hatred and anger toward everyone, especially my parents.

I have read that one can be retraumatized (if that is the right word). Is that what has happened to me? I have lost confidence in my therapist, but still feel emotionally attached to him. However, I feel worse off in many ways than I was when I started working with him.

Can anyone suggest what I can do to overcome these issues, especially these long-forgotten traumas that now are dominating my thoughts in very negative ways?